I’ve written about Lady Lisle before, about all the efforts she exerted to get her daughters placed at court: sending thoughtful presents to Anne Boleyn…
All Tudor, all the time...
Author: janetwertman
I originally wrote this post as part of the Spectacular Historical Fiction Writers’ December Blog Hop – of course I chose to write about the…
Yeah, I know that the first Thanksgiving was not until 1621, after the last of the Tudors (Elizabeth) had died – but it was within…
This was a woman with some ups and downs in her life. It started up: Frances was the daughter of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon,…
Honor Grenville Basset, Viscountess Lisle, had two daughters that she was desperate to see placed at court. The truth was, every viscountess probably had daughters…
I met Cassidy at TudorCon – she hosts the wonderful podcast That Shakespeare Life (new episodes every Monday!) and immediately knew I wanted her to…
This was a major show of power by John Dudley, then Earl of Warwick. A way of really reminding Somerset how far he had fallen…
This is a new format for the blog! If you all like it, I will do it more often! Tony Riches has just come out…
When we think of coronations, we think of the ceremonial part of it: the twelve hours of ritual centered around the new sovereign sitting in…
I am thrilled to be the final stop on the Blog Tour for Melita Thomas’ new book, House of Grey: Friends and Foes of Kings,…
