{"id":15695,"date":"2019-12-31T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?page_id=15695"},"modified":"2019-12-31T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T12:00:18","slug":"review-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ladyjanegrey.info\/?page_id=15695","title":{"rendered":"Review of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


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2019 started with a guest article by John Tepper Marlin, Oxford\u2019s Tudor Colleges: What if Lady Jane had stayed Queen? <\/b><\/a>John\u2019s book, \u2018Oxford College Arms: Intriguing Stories Behind Oxford\u2019s Shields\u2019 was published by Boissevain Books LLC in September 2018.<\/p>\n


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(c) Boissevain Books LLC<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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Also in January, I interviewed Kathryn Warner about her book, ‘Blood Roses: The Houses of Lancaster and York before the Wars of the Roses’<\/b><\/a>, which had been published in Autumn 2018 by The History Press.<\/p>\n


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(c) The History Press<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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In February, Alison Weir wrote about how Lady Jane became an ‘unwilling pawn of the Reformation’ in History Revealed Magazine.<\/p>\n


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(c) Immediate Media Company Limited<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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Bradgate Park marked the 465th anniversary of Lady Jane\u2019s execution on 12th February with a Tulip procession. I also interviewed Leanda de Lisle about her award winning,
\n\u2018White King: The Tragedy of Charles I\u2019<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n


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(c) Chatto & Windus<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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A new Lady Jane website, Lady Jane Grey Revisited<\/b><\/a> was launched. This wonderful site has grown to include portrait discussion, auction-collection records and Jane’s life in paintings.<\/p>\n


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(c) Lady Jane Grey Revisited<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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‘Tudor and Jacobean Portraits’ by Charlotte Bolland which featured the Lady Jayne\/Streatham portrait was published towards the end of the month.<\/p>\n


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The Lady Jayne\/Streatham portrait went to Australia, when the ‘Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits’ Exhibition<\/b><\/a> opened at the Bendigo Art Gallery on 16th March. <\/p>\n


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(c) Courtesy of the Bendigo Art Gallery<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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I added the current description of the portrait to A look at how the Streatham portrait has been displayed over the years\u2026<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n


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In April, Catherine Hanley answered my questions about her new book, Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior<\/a><\/b> which had been published the previous month.<\/p>\n


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Also this month I took part in the book blog tour for ‘Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King\u2019s Beloved Sister’ by Heather Darsie. Heather answered by questions about Anne in an interview<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n


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\u2018Katherine Howard: Henry VIII\u2019s Slandered Queen’ by Conor Bryne was published at the end of the month and Conor wrote a guest article, ‘The Teenage Tudor Queen’<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n


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I was honoured to be the May expert speaker at the Tudor Society<\/a><\/b>. Members can listen to my talk about Lady Jane here<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n


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(c) Tudor Society<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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Historian and author of \u2018The Turbulent Crown \u2013 The Story of the Tudor Queens,\u2019 Roland Hui wrote about a possible source for the Streatham portrait at this website, Becoming Jane: The Streatham Portrait of Lady Jane Grey and its Association to a Woodcut Intended for Theodore Beza’s ‘Icones’ (1580)<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n

A new exhibition opened at Hever Castle. \u2018Hever on Stage & Screen\u2019 featured some behind the scenes photos from the filming of \u2018Lady Jane\u2019 starring Helena Bonham Carter and Cary Elwes.<\/p>\n


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(c) Owen George Emmerson<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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A new series of articles, ‘In Fiction’<\/b><\/a> began with the anniversary of Jane\u2019s wedding to Guildford Dudley on 25th May.<\/p>\n


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The paperback of \u2018The Poison Bed\u2019 by E.C Fremantle was published in June and thanks to Michael Joseph (Penguin Random House) five lucky readers won a copy of what BBC History called ‘The Miniaturist Meets Gone Girl.’<\/p>\n


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(c) Penguin<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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My article, ’10 Things You Didn\u2019t Know About Lady Jane Grey’ appeared in the June edition of Tudor Life Magazine (from the Tudor Society).<\/p>\n


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(c) Tudor Society<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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The Birkbeck Medieval & Early Modern Reading Group watched the film Lady Jane. Or as @JylofBraintford<\/a><\/b> tweeted rather brilliantly!<\/p>\n


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Finally this month, Kelcey Wilson-Lee answered my questions about her new book, Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I<\/a><\/b> which had been published in March.<\/p>\n


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The 466th anniversary of Jane\u2019s reign was celebrated with \u2018Queen of Bradgate Events\u2019 held throughout the month at Bradgate Park. These included a Queen Jane Rose Petal Service, Ruins Dusk Tour and The History of Bradgate Park walk.<\/p>\n

‘In Fiction’ continued with Jane’s arrival at the Tower as Queen <\/b><\/a> and the
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My article, ‘Arbella Stuart and the Greys’ appeared in the August edition of Tudor Life Magazine (from the Tudor Society).<\/p>\n


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‘Early Modern English Noblewomen and Self-Starvation: The Skull Beneath the Skin’ by Sasha Garwood was published and included case studies of Katherine Grey and Arbella Stuart.<\/p>\n


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Jane featured in 2 podcasts this month. Her scaffold speech was included in Histories of the Unexpected’s Executions<\/b><\/a> podcast and Leanda de Lisle discussed the Grey sisters with Natalie Grueninger at Talking Tudors<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n


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(c) Natalie Grueninger<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n


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In September I took part in the book blog tour for ‘The House of Grey: Friends & Foes of Kings’ by Melita Thomas. Melita wrote a guest article, Father and Daughter<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n


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Lady Jane got 2 mentions in Episode 1<\/b><\/a> of the second series of \u2018Inside the Tower of London\u2019 on Channel 5 in October and Jane’s brief reign also featured in Episode 5<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n


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Melita Thomas answered my questions about ‘The House of Grey’ in an interview<\/b><\/a>. Also this month, The London Renaissance Seminar included ‘Thinking with Tudors: Palaces, Books and Lady Jane Grey.’<\/p>\n


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‘In Fiction’ continued with Trial at the Guildhall<\/b><\/a> to mark the anniversary of Jane and Guildford’s trial on 13th November 1553.<\/p>\n

‘Rival Sisters: Mary and Elizabeth Tudor’ by by Sylvia Barbara Soberton, which featured Jane was published.<\/p>\n


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I also went to Hampton Court to listen to Melita Thomas’s talk about ‘The House of Grey.’ You can read the main points about 3 mother and son relationships in the Grey family (including the father of Lady Jane) here<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n


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The second episode of the eighth series of Digging for Britain<\/b><\/a> featured the archaeological dig at Bradgate.<\/p>\n


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The year ended with a talk about Lady Jane by Harry J Tomkinson at Bosworth Battlefield.<\/p>\n


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