Leicester Guildhall. Photo May 2015.
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Framlingham Castle. Photo May 2015.
Upcoming Books for July 2025
Sorry there wasn’t a round-up in June, I didn’t have much to post and I was just coming off a nice two week break from just about everything and it was hard to get back into the groove of things. But here’s what I would have posted last month and a few upcoming things.
Books
Joanne Paul’s biography Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England was released at the end of May in the UK and will be released with a slightly different title: Thomas More: A Life on July 1 in the US.
The book that I didn’t get a chance to post earlier because I missed last month’s round-up, Tudor Princes and Princesses: The Early Lives of the Children of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York by Aimee Fleming was released on June 5 in the UK and will be out at the end of August in the US.
And finally, Helene Harrison’s The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn: Interpreting Image and Perception will be released at the end of July in the UK and the end of September in the US.
Upcoming Events
Wars of the Roses Con will be held in Maryland in February 2026 and will have a mix of educational lectures, combat demonstrations, costuming, and social activities for history enthusiasts, educators, and fans of the medieval era. You can learn more and purchase tickets at the link!
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Door of St. Nicholas Church in Blakeney, Norfolk, England. Photo May 2015. Photo May 2015.
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Path from Kenilworth Castle into town. Photo May 2015.
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Brickwork in the Tudor section of Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.
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Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk. Photo May 2015. Photo May 2015.
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Ceiling of the apse of Norwich Cathedral. Photo May 2015.
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Gatehouse of Castle Rising Castle from the castle keep. Photo May 2015.
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In the gardens at Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015.
Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since I was last in the UK! Oxburgh was one of the place I visited 10 years ago today, so I thought it was time for another photo from there. (The other main place that day was Castle Rising Castle in the pouring rain… which thankfully cleared out by the time I got to Oxburgh and drove to Castle Acre for the end of the day.)
In 1998, I visited Hever Castle and Hampton Court on May 18, I was in Edinburgh in 2000, and at Bodiam Castle and Battle Abbey in 2003. And I’m not sure when I will get back to Great Britain, I’m hoping to visit Ireland (Northern and Republic) next year – fingers crossed it works out!
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St. Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.
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Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.
Upcoming Books for May 2025
Hello May! Although I really don’t like the hotter times of year around here, I do like the fact that things slow down at work over the summer. (Although contrary to popular belief about academia, we don’t just ‘get the summer off’, especially academic staff!)
Books
The Lord Protector and His Wives: Catherine Filliol, Anne Stanhope and Edward Seymour by Rebecca Batley, which came out in April in the UK and will be out in the US at the end of May.
And in new releases, Joanne Paul’s biography Thomas More: A Life and Death in Tudor England will be released at the end of May in the UK and will be released with a slightly different title: Thomas More: A Life in July in the US.
Upcoming Events
Wars of the Roses Con will be held in Maryland in February 2026 and will have a mix of educational lectures, combat demonstrations, costuming, and social activities for history enthusiasts, educators, and fans of the medieval era. You can learn more and purchase tickets at the link!
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“History Play” by Jane Lawrence, on the Sculpture Trail at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shottery, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
Next to the sculpture is a plaque with a quotation from Shakespeare’s Richard II:
This sceptred isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea
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Bedroom at the Shakespeare Birthplace. Photo May 2015.
This is a slightly different angle on the same room in Picture of the Week #581.
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The Shakespeare Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
Next time I go to Stratford I’m finally going to stay in one of these half-timbered historic hotels. (Who knows when that might be though…)
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Figure of Shakespeare at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
Upcoming Books for April 2025
Sorry I didn’t manage a round-up post last month – the end of February/beginning of March was peak crazy time at work and the one day off I had in there (a Sunday) was my birthday! So, here are the book releases for both March and April:
First up is Secrets of the Tudor Portraits: Unveiling the Masterpieces of Holbein, the Horenbouts, Hilliard, and Others by Sylvia Barbara Soberton, which was released in mid-March in both the UK and US.
Next up is The Lord Protector and His Wives: Catherine Filliol, Anne Stanhope and Edward Seymour by Rebecca Batley, which will be out at the end of April in the UK and in May in the US.
And finally, Mary Tudor Queen of France by Amy McElroy was released earlier in the year in the UK and came out at the end of March in the US.
That’s it for now – my spreadsheet is looking a little sparse for the remainder of the spring, but I’ll keep an eye out for more!
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Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
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Close-up view of the ceiling of the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.
