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Claire | June 5, 2013
Those of you who love Tudor themed historical fiction may be interested in reading my review of the first book in Laura Andersen’s Boleyn Trilogy, The Boleyn King. It is an alternative history set in the reign of King Henry IX, son of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and is the perfect mix of history,
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Claire | May 13, 2013
I like to commemorate the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution on 19th May with a special ‘Anne Boleyn Day’ competition so here’s this year’s competition – I hope you enjoy it! I usually do some kind of article competition but I wanted to do something different this year, something that everybody would be able to
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Claire | May 9, 2013
Shameless advertising, I’m afraid, but then it is my book and it is quite good, although I am rather biased! For those of you who have never heard of it, The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown tells the story of Anne’s fall a day at a time and is based on the primary sources,
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Claire | April 25, 2013
When I published my book The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown last year I created an interactive timeline on The Fall website so that visitors could see just how fast things happened in April/May 1536. By the end of April, things were happening on a daily basis. Today’s event is “25 April 1536 –
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Claire | April 18, 2013
On this day in 1587, John Foxe, the English historian, reformer and martyrologist, died aged around seventy. He is known for his book Actes and Monuments, commonly known as Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, an account of Christian martyrs throughout history, with particular emphasis on the Protestant martyrs who died during the reign of Mary I.
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Claire | April 15, 2013
Today I welcome historical fiction author Sandra Byrd to The Anne Boleyn Files. Sandra has just released the third book in her Ladies in Waiting series, Roses Have Thorns: A Novel of Elizabeth I and to celebrate the book’s launch she has written this special article for us and is giving away a copy of
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Claire | April 9, 2013
Thank you so much to Tamise from The Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide for inspiring this post. Tamise emailed me and asked me if I’d consider writing a post outlining the differing views regarding Anne Boleyn’s fall and I thought it was an excellent idea. The responsibility for Anne’s fall is something I discuss towards
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Claire | April 5, 2013
I’m in the middle of reading Susan Bordo’s “The Creation of Anne Boleyn” (it’s brilliant so far) and will review it on the review site when I’ve finished, but here’s a review by Kyra Kramer, author of “Blood Will Tell: A Medical Explanation of the Tyranny of Henry VIII”. Over to Kyra… When I found
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