Claire | January 11, 2012
Just a quickie post to alert those of you who haven’t heard to the changes in publication date of the sequel to Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel. Here are the dates:- UK – Hardback edition to be published by Fourth Estate/Harper Collins on the 10th May 2012 Australia – Hardback edition […]
Claire | July 11, 2011
Anne Boleyn Files visitor and author, Louise Birkett, has emailed me with a synopsis of her new book “The Jenny Wilson Show (featuring Henry VIII and his six wives)” and a coupon to download this ebook for free from Smashwords. The coupon is WE64H and it expires on 15 July 2011. It only applies to […]
Claire | July 4, 2011
Many of you will have heard of my good friend, Gareth Russell, who runs http://garethrussellcidevant.blogspot.com/ and who frequently posts about Anne Boleyn and Tudor history. Well, I got to know Gareth last April and May when we were both counting down to Anne Boleyn’s execution and linking to each other’s articles, because we each focused […]
Claire | June 3, 2011
Today we have a guest post from author and historian, Julia Fox, who wrote “Jane Boleyn: The Infamous Lady Rochford” and who has just released Sister Queens: Katherine of Aragon and Juana Queen of Castile: Katherine of Aragon and Juana Archduchess of Burgundy. I was fortunate enough to meet Julia, and her husband John Guy, […]
Claire | June 2, 2011
Tim, my techie other half (AKA Sir Tim), used his computer to randomly select one of the comments posted on “The Falcon Chronicles – Guest Article and Book Giveaway” and the winner is Emma Coombes. Congratulations, Emma, I will be sending you your signed copy of The Falcon Chronicles by Lauren Elflein and hope that […]
Claire | May 30, 2011
Today we have a guest post by Lauren Elflein, author of the new historical novel on Anne Boleyn,”The Falcon Chronicles”:- “About the throne, thunder rolls… Before her is a sea of faces. These faces of men who are accusing her of crimes that she did not commit: adultery, incest, and compassing the King’s death. These […]
Claire | December 2, 2009
One of the best fiction books that I have read this year is “Virgin and the Crab: Fables and Mysteries from the Early life of John Dee and Elizabeth Tudor” by Robert Parry – it ties for first place on my list with Jeane Westin’s “The Virgin’s Daughters: In the Court of Elizabeth I” and […]
