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Shakespeare’s Mistress
We all know that William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, albeit unwillingly, because she was pregnant with their first child, a…
Queen Elizabeth in the Garden: A Story of Love, Rivalry, and Spectacular Gardens
In this book (previously published in the UK under the title Elizabeth in the Garden) garden historian Trea Martyn concentrates…
The Crown
Nancy Bilyeau’s debut novel begins in London in 1537, where the narrator, Joanna Stafford, a novice nun, breaks the sacred…
At the Mercy of the Queen
Margaret “Madge” Shelton of Norfolk, Anne Boleyn’s pretty 14-year-old cousin, becomes lady-in-waiting to the new queen, accompanied to court by…
Staff Publication: Elizabeth I in Film and Television: A Study of the Major Portrayals
Bethany Latham’s Elizabeth I in Film and Television takes a colorful promenade through the past hundred years of the silver…
The Young Elizabeth
With excellent excavation of the facts and an engaging style of writing, Plowden explores what life was like for Elizabeth…
All the King’s Cooks: The Tudor Kitchens of Henry VIII at Hampton Court
From the storage of game without modern refrigeration to the extraordinary size of the staff required to cater a banquet,…
Mary and Elizabeth
When Henry VIII finally does the country a favour and burbles his way to a premature death, surrounded by the…
The Queen’s Gamble
Editors' choice
Isabel Valverde, her husband, Carlos, and her son Nicolas travel to England from Peru in the New World in the…
Poison, Your Grace
In the second book of her Simon and Elizabeth series, Peg Herring pits Lady Elizabeth Tudor, sister of King Edward…
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