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Joely Richardson To Play Catherine Parr on Showtime’s The Tudors
Joely Richardson was recently cast as Henry VIII’s sixth wife, Catherine Parr, on the fourth and final season of Showtime’s The Tudors. The series, which is currently filming in Dublin, Ireland, has...
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The Sunday Salon: Off to Spain I Go
I recently finished reading Signora da Vinci by Robin Maxwell, which was a really interesting and imaginative take on Renaissance Florence. I devoured it. You can read my review here! Today I started...
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Review | The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner
Read a synopsis of The Last Queen here. Review The Last Queenby C.W. Gortner She is known through history as Spain’s Mad Queen. But was Juana, daughter of the powerful Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain,...
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HF Bloggers Round Table: Guest Post on Queen Elizabeth I by Amy from Passages...
Guest post by Amy from Passages to the Past: Elizabeth & Robin Queen Elizabeth I is known as “The Virgin Queen” and although it is still debatable as to whether she truly kept her virtue intact or...
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The Sunday Salon: Back to Tudor England With A Booker Prize Winner!
Today I’ve been reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. I gave up reading novels of Tudor England for a while, not because I don’t love them (I do!), but just because the subject was starting to get a bit...
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Review | Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Hardcover: 560 pages Publisher: Henry Holt Release Date: October 13th, 2009 Source: I received this book from the publisher for review. It’s the story we’ve all heard before, told in such a way that it...
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The Scandal Sheet: Did Elizabeth I’s lover Robert Dudley have his wife killed...
I saw this article from The Daily Mail posted by Michelle Moran on her blog History Buff. I have always been curious about the background surrounding Amy Robsart’s death and whether or not Dudley had a...
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The Sunday Salon: Weekend Movie Musings and Some Historical Suspense
Happy Sunday afternoon! I must say, I was waiting all week for the weekend to come rolling around, and now it’s over with so quickly. I’ve been sick with the flu and a minor fever so I was glad to have...
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Two Women, One King: The Love Triangle of Catherine de Medici, Henri II and...
Please join me in giving an enthusiastic welcome to one of my favorite historical fiction authors, C.W. Gortner! He has written a stellar guest specially for readers of Hist-Fic Chick, covering a...
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Review | The Astronomer: A Novel of Suspense by Lawrence Goldstone
Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Walker & Company Release Date: May 11th, 2010 Source: I received this ARC from the author’s agent for review. The Astronomer takes place in France during the 16th...
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