Confessions of a Ci-Devant

Musings on history, life, popular culture, and art by historian Gareth Russell. All opinions, unless otherwise stated, are either my own or possibly Gabrielle de Polignac's.

Monday, 20 April 2015

"Mary Boleyn" competition - winner!

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British actress Charity Wakefield as Mary Boleyn in the television series Wolf Hall (2015) The competition to win a copy of Sarah Bryso...
Thursday, 26 March 2015

A History of the English Monarchy

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Henry V at Agincourt. Throughout the book, I am fascinated by the ways in which the legends of Camelot fuelled the monarchy's venerati...
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Saturday, 31 January 2015

A few days in Oxford

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Good morning! This was my view as I emerged from work yesterday afternoon. I am back in Oxford, carrying out some research for my biogr...
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Monday, 29 December 2014

My Top 10 Books of 2014

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Good evening! This was a great year for books, I think. The year started of well for fans of the sixteenth century with Lauren Mackay...
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Friday, 5 December 2014

The ghosts of Versailles

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Stephanie Dale as Marie-Antoinette (seating) with Rebecca Lenaghan as Gabrielle de Polignac This December, I have been working on a re...
Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Portrait of an Ageing Elizabeth I

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Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth I in the BBC series Elizabeth R As part of the promotions for my new book An Illustrated Introduction to th...
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Monday, 17 November 2014

"Manages to bring history alive in an entertaining way. The entertainment, however, is never at the cost of history."

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There have been two reviews of An Illustrated Introduction to the Tudors  - from Stephanie A. Mann, author of Supremacy and Survival: Ho...
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Gareth Russell is the author of four works of non-fiction, including the critically-acclaimed biography of Queen Catherine Howard, "Young and Damned and Fair", and two novels set in his native Belfast.
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