We have a wonderful new addition to the Tudorverse – Martha Jean Johnson has just released The Queen’s Musician, the story of Mark Smeaton (!).…
All Tudor, all the time...
I am thrilled to announce the first book in my Regina Trilogy, Nothing Proved, is out today, and available through all the usual suspects (sorry,…
First, I have neglected the blog for some time, and I apologize but my “On this Day” posts have covered just about all the days,…
Elizabeth Tudor was crowned Queen of England on January 15, 1559 – the day John Dee had determined was the most auspicious of the entire…
Recently, a reader came across a post I had done about Tudor archery and reached out to me. While she reassured me that I had…
I am thrilled to be welcoming Amy McElroy back to the blog – she was here right after she released her first book (Educating the…
Alessandro Farnese was an Italian nobleman who served as Pope Paul III between 1534 and 1549 – a term that inevitably made him Henry VIII’s…
Yes, yes, this happened outside the Tudor Era (WAY outside the Tudor Era)…but bear with me and I will bring it around! 😉 So Becket…
Catherine was the youngest daughter of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille, the monarchs whose marriage created a dynastically unified Spain – and whose…