The lovely people over at Head of Zeus provided me with a copy of ‘The King is Dead’, by Suzannah Lipscomb, which is admittedly not about a royal woman, but some were most definitely affected by it. ‘The King is Dead’ is about the last will and testament of King Henry VIII of England, who [read more]
I do believe this is the fastest I’ve ever written a book review. This book came out on 14 September, and I’m currently writing this on the 17th. I finished this book in one evening. Yes, I admit it’s just 68 pages, and it’s probably more an essay than a book, but it’s also a [read more]
Margaret Douglas, Mary Howard and Mary Shelton lived through the turbulent reigns of the Tudor monarchs, and one of them was even considered as a possible successor to the throne. However, they were mostly forgotten by history. Sylvia Barbara Soberton has written about them in ‘The Forgotten Tudor Women’ to remove them from the obscurity [read more]
Jane Seymour was Henry VIII’s third wife, after Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. She was a maid of honour to both of her predecessors and married Henry a mere 11 days after Anne’s execution. She was reportedly not very beautiful and had a demure personality. She was, for the time, quite old to be [read more]
Now, you all know of my love for Anne Boleyn. I mean, you can’t have two tattoos dedicated to someone and not love them. Amberley Publishing recently sent me this new book on Anne Boleyn by Lacey Baldwin Smith. I had never heard of the author (bad me!) but a bit of googling told me [read more]
Day six of my Vienna trip was my last full day in Vienna and I used it to visit three museums. I bought a combi-ticket for both locations of the Art History museum and for the Imperial Treasury. I began in the Imperial Treasury because it was the first to open!
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