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Episode 58: Strangers in our Midst
This episode looks at what happened when a huge group of refugees fled a religiously motivated war, and flooded into England… in the 16th century. England then, as now, struggled with how to integrate them, and there was an element of fear, and backlash against the refugees, just as there…
Reconsider Richard III (and book giveaway!)
This week we have another special guest episode from the Xander and Erik of ReConsider, a podcast that takes current events and makes the listener think about them in whole new ways. They have us pause and reconsider the propaganda around Richard III, and whether he wasn’t actually, you know,…
Virtual Tours now available!
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Coloring, Tudor Style
Sign up for the newsletter today, and one of the gifts you’ll receive (in addition to extra monthly minicasts) is a set of coloring pages of your favorite Tudor portraits. Curl up by the fire with some tea and crayons, and create some fun masterpieces. When you’re finished, tweet me…
Episode 56: Bessie Blount from James Boulton
This week I have a guest episode from James Boulton of the Queens of England Podcast (http://www.queensofenglandpodcast.com) on Bessie Blount, Henry VIII’s most famous mistress. James’s podcast is my new favorite, and I suggest that you all go over and subscribe to him asap. But listen to this episode first.…
Episode 055: Tudor Times on Thomas More
Tudor Times Person of the Month feature available here: http://tudortimes.co.uk/person-of-the-month/thomas-more Five hundred years after he was executed by Henry VIII for refusing to accept Henry’s break with Rome, and proclaiming himself as the head of the Church of England, Thomas More is still an elusive and enigmatic figure. For some,…
Elizabeth Tilney: Grandmother to Queens and Mistresses
Five hundred years ago a woman who was born into the gentry (but not one of the leading noblewomen in the country by any mean) became the founding matriarch of England’s premiere family during the Tudor period. Elizabeth Tilney was the grandmother of two different wives of Henry VIII, as…
Tudor Times on Margaret Tudor
August’s Tudor Times Person of the Month is Margaret Tudor. Listen to the podcast below, and visit the Tudor Times resources available. Full Biography: http://tudortimes.co.uk/margaret-tudor Guest article on Margaret and the Battle of Flodden: http://tudortimes.co.uk/guest-articles/margaret-tudor-and-the-battle-of-flodden Book review on Sisters to the King: http://tudortimes.co.uk/sisters-to-the-king Order on Amazon UK Sisters to the King (affiliate link) Or…
Listening Projects (or infusing more Beethoven into my life)
I spend a lot of time bemoaning the amount of music there is in the world which I will never hear. There just isn’t enough time in the day. Same with books. If I read all 1500 books on my Kindle this year, during the time I spent reading another…
Self Publishing Chronicles: The cheap & easy way to turn your book into an Audiobook
A few months ago I self published my first novel, and my 3rd book this year. With each one I did some things differently, tried publishing on different platforms, tried different marketing tricks out to see what works and what … well, didn’t so much. One of the things I…
Episode 051: Rebellions One
An introduction to the rebellions that our Tudor monarchs faced. There were five or six general causes that led to rebellion – these were: – Dynastic – either replacing the Tudors all together (something Henry VII faced) or changing the succession (Mary and Elizabeth both faced these). – Economic –…
Richard III: Knave, Fool or Savior?
The great debate continues – no, not Clinton v Trump, or even Creamy v Crunchy (peanut butter, that is), but Richard III: Knave, Fool, or Savior? The History of England podcast, which I adore, is getting close to wrapping up the Wars of the Roses, the civil war that tore England apart…