Claire | June 16, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 16th June 1487, nearly two years after the Battle of Bosworth, the final battle between the Houses of York and Lancaster in the civil war that we call the Wars of the Roses took place. It was the Battle of Stoke Field and it was between Henry VII and […]
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Claire | March 7, 2016
Historian Toni Mount has just launched her latest online history course in association with MedievalCourses.com and this latest one is a ten-part course on Richard III and the Wars of the Roses. I’ve had a sneak peek at it because I did the narration of the audio lessons and it’s a great course, very thorough. […]
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Claire | February 13, 2015
Author Simon Anderson finishes his book tour for The Claimant: A Novel of the Wars of the Roses today over at the Tudor Society. The book took him 11 years to write and he shares with us what inspired him and the lengths he went to to make sure that his book was as authentic […]
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Claire | February 12, 2015
On day 4 of his book tour for The Claimant: A Novel of the Wars of the Roses, Simon Anderson shares his favourite Wars of the Roses places with Beth over at QueenAnneBoleyn.com. Click here to read about these wonderful places and to enter the prize draw for a paperback copy of Simon’s book – […]
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Claire | February 11, 2015
Today author Simon Anderson is being interviewed over at Debra Bayani’s The Wars of the Roses Catalogue blog so do pop along and find out more about Simon and his book. There’s also a copy of The Claimant up for grabs for one lucky commenter. Today is the last day to get the kindle version […]
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Claire | February 10, 2015
I am honoured and thrilled to be day 2 of author Simon Anderson’s book tour for his Wars of the Roses novel The Claimant, which has become one of my favourite historical novels of all time. “Gripping” doesn’t come close to describing this book! Today, Simon is sharing an excerpt from The Claimant and I […]
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Claire | February 9, 2015
The book tour for Simon Anderson’s Wars of the Roses novel The Claimant has kicked off today with a stop at Nerdalicious.com.au, where Simom talks about his favourite place from his Wars of the Roses research: Towton. It’s a wonderful article and there’s also chance to win a paperback copy of Simon’s book, just follow […]
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Claire | February 7, 2015
Just to let you know that The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society will be part of Simon Anderson’s virtual book tour for his Wars of the Roses novel – which is an excellent read by the way! – next week. Simon will be sharing articles and excerpts, taking part in a Q&A and giving […]
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