To Die For by Sandra Byrd Promotion

| May 22, 2012

To Die For by Sandra Byrd Promotion

Just a quick post to alert you to the fact that the Kindle version of Sandra Byrd’s wonderful novel To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn is available this week and next week for just $2.99 on Amazon.com – bargain! Many of you will remember that I reviewed To Die For when it first
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Free Kindle Book – The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown – 2 Day Promotion

| May 18, 2012

To commemorate the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution I am listing the Kindle version of my book The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown for $0.00 on Amazon US, Amazon UK and Amazon’s international sites today and tomorrow, the 18th and 19th May. Now, I know that many of you will already have it (thank
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1st May 1536 – May Day Joust

| May 1, 2012

1st May 1536 – May Day Joust

What should have been a fun day, a celebration, turned into a nightmare for Sir Henry Norris, Henry VIII’s Groom of the Stool and good friend. The day started well, with Norris leading the defenders and George Boleyn the challengers, but then Norris’s horse refused to run. Fortunately, this did not ruin the joust because
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The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown is Released!

| April 27, 2012

I’m so excited! The Kindle version of The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown is now available to download on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.es, Amazon.de and Amazon.fr – yay! Here are the Amazon US and UK links:- The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown – The Kindle version from Amazon.com The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A
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The Fall of Anne Boleyn Timeline

| April 23, 2012

The Fall of Anne Boleyn Timeline

Just to let you know that I am doing my annual countdown of the fall of Anne Boleyn in Spring 1536 over at www.thefallofanneboleyn.com. As my forthcoming book, The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown, is obviously focused on Anne’s fall and the events leading up to it, I thought it was only fitting to
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The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown – Website Launched

| April 18, 2012

The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown – Website Launched

As you know, I have been busy editing my second book The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown which is due out soon. Well, today is the launch of the book website! Over at www.thefallofanneboleyn.com, you will find:- An interactive timeline – I will be adding events as they happen, as we countdown to the
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Using Primary Sources

| March 19, 2012

Using Primary Sources

If you’ve been following The Anne Boleyn Files for a while, you will know that I’m very much an advocate of using primary sources, i.e. contemporary evidence/records, for research. Of course, I do use secondary sources, the work of reputable historians, but never without checking the sources used by them. For me, when I’m reading
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The Anne Boleyn Collection – Number 1 Bestseller!

| March 13, 2012

I can’t quite believe it and it’s all down to you guys for your support and for spreading the message. The Anne Boleyn Collection just hit the Number 1 spot in the Kindle section of Historical Biographies on Amazon UK – squeal! Now, this updates every hour, so who knows how long it will be
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