Claire | August 28, 2013

Thank you so much to historian Leanda de Lisle for participating in this Q&A session and thank you to everyone who asked questions, they’re all really interesting. Leanda’s book on the Tudor dynasty is released tomorrow in the UK and I heartily recommend it – see details at the bottom of this post. Leanda has […]

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Tags: Leanda de Lisle, Tudor books, Tudor history, Tudor: A Family Story

Claire | August 23, 2013

Author and historian Leanda de Lisle has kindly offered to do a Q&A session here at The Anne Boleyn Files, so this is your chance to ask her a question. Leanda has written three Tudor history books and her latest book, Tudor: The Family Story (US title: Tudor: Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England’s […]

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Tags: Anne Boleyn's execution, fall of Anne Boleyn, French swordsman, Leanda de Lisle, Sword of Calais

Claire | March 25, 2010

With this month being the anniversary of Lady Jane Grey’s execution (12th February 1554), I thought it was fitting for me to publish my review of Eric Ives’s biography “Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery” and make this brilliant biography our February Book of the Month. You can read my full review at our Tudor […]

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Tags: Elizabeth I, Katherine Grey, Lady Jane Grey, Leanda de Lisle, Mary Grey

Claire | February 14, 2010

Just a quick post of Tudor news to let you know about upcoming history TV programmes and events:- The Seven Ages of Britain BBC1 9pm tonight (Sunday 14th February) If you are in the UK or have access to UK TV the please don’t miss this wonderful programme researched and presented by David Dimbleby. The […]

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Tags: Anne Boleyn tour, David Starkey, Lady Jane Grey, Leanda de Lisle, Seven Ages of Britain

Claire | February 12, 2010

As Guildford Dudley’s body was brought back from Tower Hill, his wife Lady Jane Grey waited with the Lieutenant of the Tower, Sir John Brydges, his brother and deputy – Thomas Brydges, her two ladies and John Feckenham, Mary I’s chaplain and confessor, who had been sent to Jane to prepare her for her death. […]

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Tags: Edward VI, Eric Ives, Lady Jane Grey, Leanda de Lisle, Mary I

Claire | January 7, 2010

“The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Katherine, Mary and Lady Jane Grey” is a non-fiction account of the stories of these three sisters, the times they lived in and the monarchs who reigned in their lifetimes. I was desperate to read this after reading Jeane Westin’s historical novel, “The Virgin’s Daughters”, and […]

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Tags: Elizabeth I, Katherine Grey, Lady Jane Grey, Leanda de Lisle, Mary Grey

Claire | July 2, 2009

January 2011’s Book of the Month – click on the book to read the review. December’s Book of the Month (2010) – click on the book to read the review. November’s Book of the Month (2010) – click on the book to read the review. October’s Book of the Month (2010) – click on the […]

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Tags: Alison Weir, Jane Seymour, Josephine Wilkinson, Lady Jane Grey, Leanda de Lisle, Mary Boleyn, Philippa Gregory, Tudor books, White Queen