Category Archives: Books 2016

Books 2016 – on sale today – The Rival Queens: Catherine de’ Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal That Ignited a Kingdom (paperback) by Nancy Goldstone

Posted on 19th April 2016 by Tamise

19 April 2016 – The Rival Queens: Catherine de’ Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal That Ignited a Kingdom (paperback) by Nancy Goldstone ‘Set in Renaissance France at the magnificent court of the Valois kings, THE RIVAL … Continue reading →

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Books 2016 – on sale today – Katherine Howard: The Tragic Story of Henry VIII’s Fifth Queen by Josephine Wilkinson

Posted on 7th April 2016 by Tamise

7 April 2016 – Katherine Howard: The Tragic Story of Henry VIII’s Fifth Queen by Josephine Wilkinson ‘Looming out of the encroaching darkness of the February evening was London Bridge, still ornamented with the severed heads of Thomas Culpeper and … Continue reading →

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Books 2016 – on sale now – Insurrection: Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and the Pilgrimage of Grace by Susan Loughlin

Posted on 5th April 2016 by Tamise

4 April 2016 – Insurrection: Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and the Pilgrimage of Grace by Susan Loughlin ‘Autumn 1536. Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn are dead. Henry VIII has married Jane Seymour, and still awaits his longed for male … Continue reading →

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More books to look forward to in 2016

Posted on 23rd March 2016 by Tamise

5th May 2016 – Henry VIII: The Evolution of a Reputation by Keith Dockray and Alan Sutton (paperback) ‘No English king is more famous-or infamous! than Henry VIII, popularly celebrated as the formidable and arrogant figure portrayed by Hans Holbein … Continue reading →

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New book by Linda Porter – Royal Renegades

Posted on 20th March 2016 by Tamise

Historian Linda Porter’s fourth book will be published by Macmillan in the UK on October 6th. ‘Royal Renegades’ is about the children of Charles I and Henrietta Maria. ‘The fact that the English Civil War led to the execution of … Continue reading →