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anna of kleve alison weir
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…

Lux Elizabeth Cook
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…

Kings Witch Borman
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….

Black Tudors by Miranda Kaufmann
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…

The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor by Elizabeth Norton
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…

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