Claire | March 16, 2012

Today we have a guest post by author and historian Elizabeth Norton who kindly offered to write us a guest article after her book caused such a stir in the media. I have written a review of Elizabeth Norton’s book, “Bessie Blount: Mistress to Henry VIII”, over at our reiew site – click here to […]

Category: Henry VIII, Tudor Characters | 14 Comments »
Tags: Bessie Blount, Elizabeth Norton, Elizabeth Tailboys, Gilbert Tailboys, Henry VIII, Henry VIII's mistresses, mistress

Claire | August 4, 2010

As part of my series on the Boleyn Family, I’d like to take a look at the life of Mary Boleyn, the other Boleyn girl. I want to peel back the myths and stereotypes regarding this woman and find the real Mary Boleyn, but this is a very difficult task as there is little primary […]

Category: Background, Henry VIII, Mary Boleyn, The Boleyns | 25 Comments »
Tags: Henry VIII, Mary Boleyn, Mary Carey, mistress, William Carey

Claire | August 3, 2010

An article in today’s Daily Mail, entitled “Wills and Kate, kissing cousins! How the Royal lovebirds are related thanks to a Tudor tyrant so bloodthirsty he’s been airbrushed from history” announces the “dark and deliciously murky secret”, the royal skeleton in the closet, that not only are Prince William and his girlfriend, Kate Middleton, distantly […]

Category: Anne Boleyn General | 42 Comments »
Tags: Catherine Carey, Henry VIII, illegitimate children, Mary Boleyn, mistress, Prince William