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Books 2024 – A book that features Jane to look forward to…

15 June – Heroines of the Tudor World by Sharon Bennett Connolly ‘These are the women who ruled, the women who founded dynasties, the women who fought for religious freedom, their families and love. These are the women who made … Continue reading

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471st Wedding Anniversary of Jane Grey and Guildford Dudley

β€˜On the 25th of this month were celebrated the weddings of my Lord Guilford, son of the Duke of Northumberland, to the eldest daughter of the Duke of Suffolk…The weddings were celebrated with great magnificence and feasting at the Duke … Continue reading

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Stephan Edwards investigates whether Jane was the ‘Nine Day’s Queen’….

Stephan Edwards investigates whether Jane really was the ‘Nine Day’s Queen’ over at his website, Some Grey Matter.

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‘Mid-Tudor Queenship and Memory: The Making and Re-making of Lady Jane Grey and Mary I’ edited by Valerie Schutte & Jessica S Hower added to the website….

‘Mid-Tudor Queenship and Memory: The Making and Re-making of Lady Jane Grey and Mary I’ edited by Valerie Schutte & Jessica S Hower added to the Lady Jane Grey section of the bibliography. Entries added to the following: Writings of … Continue reading

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Books 2024 – ‘Mary I: Queen of Sorrows’ by Alison Weir

‘Adored only child of Henry VIII and his Queen, Katherine of Aragon, Princess Mary is raised in the golden splendour of her father’s court. But the King wants a son and heir. With her parents’ marriage, and England, in crisis, … Continue reading

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