Hard to believe we’re heading into the last two months of the year and holiday season! I say this all the time, but I really feel like this year is flying by.

Event

I wanted to put this up top since it’s happening in two weeks – The Royal Studies Journal is sponsoring a free, online 20-year retrospective on Showtime’s The Tudors on Saturday November 14. You can register through the Google form at this link and see the program here on Instagram.

How in the world has it been 20 years since The Tudors premiered??

Books

Henry VIII’s Quest for an Heir: The King’s Great Matter by Helene Harrison came out a month or so ago in the UK and will be out at the end of November in the US.

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And Amy Licence’s Philip II: The King, the Man, the Marriages that I mentioned last month as coming out next year in the US looks like it also came out at the end of October along with its UK release, so I’m reposting it this month!

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Continuing Exhibitions

Closing this month:

Peterborough Cathedral, the original burial place of Mary Queen of Scots, will have an exhibition about the queen that will run from September 15, 2026 to November 15, 2026. More information and ticket sales are available at this link.

Hever Castle is hosting a new exhibition, Capturing a Queen: The Image of Anne Boleyn which “brings together the largest ever gathering of portraits believed to depict Anne Boleyn, including a ground-breaking newly identified contemporary image unveiled for the first time.” The exhibition will run from February 11, 2026 to January 2, 2027 and is included with admission to the castle.

Hello October! We’re starting into my favorite time of year (and not just because it won’t feel like the surface of the sun outside…)

Books

We have one book that has already been out for a while in the UK that is now coming out in the US, as well as a couple of new releases!

Mary Boleyn: The Queen’s Slandered Sister by Sylvia Barbara Soberton came out back in May in the UK and will be out on October 20 in the US.

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And in new releases, Amy Licence’s latest Philip II: The King, the Man, the Marriages will be out in the UK at the end of October and is due out next year in the US.

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And finally, England’s Bears: The Blood and Glory of the House of Warwick by Aaron Manning will be out in early October in the UK and in May in the US.

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Continuing Exhibitions

Peterborough Cathedral, the original burial place of Mary Queen of Scots, will have an exhibition about the queen that will run from September 15, 2026 to November 15, 2026. More information and ticket sales are available at this link.

Hever Castle is hosting a new exhibition, Capturing a Queen: The Image of Anne Boleyn which “brings together the largest ever gathering of portraits believed to depict Anne Boleyn, including a ground-breaking newly identified contemporary image unveiled for the first time.” The exhibition will run from February 11, 2026 to January 2, 2027 and is included with admission to the castle.

Sorry I missed the August round-up – things kind of got away from me after I realized the summer was 2/3rds over and I hadn’t done a lot of things I had on my to-do list (both at home and at work) before the new academic year started.

Books

Elizabeth Norton contributed Jane Seymour: Patronage, Material Culture and Image Crafting to the Routledge Lives of Royal Women series, and it was released back in July in both the UK and the US. Since this is “academically priced”, I’ve linked to the paperback version (which is still pretty pricey!).

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Henry VIII’s Quest for an Heir: The King’s Great Matter by Helene Harrison was originally due out at the end of August in the UK but has been pushed back to the end of September. It’s due to be released at the end of October in the US.

Purchase at Amazon UK

Purchase at Amazon US

New Exhibition

Peterborough Cathedral, the original burial place of Mary Queen of Scots, will have an exhibition about the queen that will run from September 15, 2026 to November 15, 2026. More information and ticket sales are available at this link.

Continuing Exhibition

Hever Castle is hosting a new exhibition, Capturing a Queen: The Image of Anne Boleyn which “brings together the largest ever gathering of portraits believed to depict Anne Boleyn, including a ground-breaking newly identified contemporary image unveiled for the first time.” The exhibition will run from February 11, 2026 to January 2, 2027 and is included with admission to the castle.