August 20, 2019 Anna of Kleve – Queen of Secrets by Alison Weir Review by Julie Barham It is well known that Henry VIII had six wives – and none more mysterious than the one that he…
May 30, 2019 Lux by Elizabeth Cook Reviewed by Julie Barham This is an immensely profound book. It encompasses huge themes – birth and death, self imposed exile and imprisonment, the…
August 30, 2018 The King’s Witch by Tracy Borman Reviewed by Julie Barham This is the debut novel written by Tracy Borman, who is a popular historian and Curator of Historic Royal Palaces….
January 16, 2018 Black Tudors by Miranda Kaufmann Reviewed by Harriet Most people probably think that the presence of black people in Britain began with the large influx of nearly 500 who…
December 8, 2016 The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor by Elizabeth Norton Reviewed by Laura Marriott The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor concerns itself with the potential marriage between the teenage Elizabeth Tudor and Thomas Seymour. The book…
January 29, 2015 Merchant Adventurers by James Evans Reviewed by Liz Dexter In the mid-1500s, three ships set off from London to seek a passage to the famed untold riches of the…
April 30, 2014 On Sisters of Treason by Elizabeth Fremantle I have always been fascinated in the forgotten lives of women in history and Sisters of Treason (the second in my Tudor trilogy) exposes the lives…
April 23, 2014 Queen’s Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle Written by Victoria Best It’s a brave woman who steps into Hilary Mantel’s territory these days. Comparisons are bound to be rife, but Queen’s Gambit can…
