Books 2026 – on sale today – Anne of Cleves: The Historical and Cultural Legacy of a Queen (Lives of Royal Women) by Valerie Schutte


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‘ This study of Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of King Henry VIII, offers readers a more nuanced retelling of her queenship, which has often been dismissed as unimportant due to its brevity.

Re-evaluating many of the misconceptions surrounding the queen, including her religion, the fateful year of her marriage, and her appearance, the book brings together historiography and the most recent research on Anne, not least her fascinating relationship to books and her foreign reputation. Schutte expertly weaves together her analysis of well-known archival sources, alongside that of letters, printed books, manuscripts, engravings, and other material objects to illuminate Anne’s rich cultural legacy.

This book combines chronological chapters with thematic ones to offer the most comprehensive study of Anne available. It stands as a valuable resource for students, specialists, and all those interested in Tudor history, queenship, women’s history, and Henry VIII and his wives.’

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‘Bess of Hardwick: Portrait of an Elizabethan Dynast’ by David N Durant added to the website…


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‘Bess of Hardwick: Portrait of an Elizabethan Dynast’ by David N Durant added to the Other Biographies section of the bibliography.

Entries added to the following:

Art – Paintings – Chatsworth/Hardwick.

Writings of Lady Jane Grey – Other Writings – Arbella Stuart.



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Lady Jane in the Guardian’s ‘The Art Fund Museum of the Year Quiz’



‘The Art Fund museum of the year quiz
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Books 2026 – A book that features Lady Jane…


17 October – The Tudors, Myth, and Memory: Embroidered Truths, Outright Falsehoods, and Popular Belief edited by William B Robison and Valerie Schutte


(c) Palgrave Macmillan


‘This book gathers contributions from experts on the Tudors that analyze and debunk common misconceptions and often repeated myths about the dynasty. Few historical periods match the popularity of the Tudor era – a fact evident in the proliferation of books (from fiction to scholarly works), films, television shows, plays, and exhibitions on the topic. As part of this interest, however, many misconceptions have become part of conventional wisdom about the Tudors: for example, the fat, jolly, and syphilitic Henry VIII; or Anne Boleyn as a sixteenth-century femme fatale. While often entertaining, these myths are not history and, in fact, impede modern understanding of the Tudors and their era. This book, therefore, reveals the real Tudors, and draws on the deep knowledge of its contributors to show what really happened, and how these misconceptions proliferated.’

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