The Pages’ Chamber at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.
Part of the woodland walk on the Blickling Estate. Photo May 2015.
I was so happy to see bluebells still hanging around when I was in England that year since I hadn’t had much of a chance to see any on previous visits!
Oxburgh Hall and gardens. Photo May 2015.
Books
Katherine Howard: Henry VIII’s Slandered Queen by Conor Byrne is now out in the US after a release in the UK back in the spring.
And we have a few new releases coming this month!
First up – the newest work from Melita Thomas, House of Grey, is coming in mid-September in the UK and at the beginning of 2020 in the US.
And out at the end of the month in the UK (and also out at the beginning of 2020 in the US) is Following in the Footsteps of Henry Tudor: A Historical Journey from Pembroke to Bosworth by Phil Carradice.
Continuing Exhibition
The Many Faces of Tudor England opened at The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth (England) on March 18 and will run through the of the year. Admission to the exhibit is including with the admission to the museum.
Upcoming Events
Both of these are events coming in October, but I like to post events like these with a little extra advanced notice.
Heather Teysko of The Renaissance English History Podcast is launching Tudorcon2019 and I hope it will be the first of many! (Especially since I can’t make it up there this year.) Click the link above for more information on speakers, events, and how to purchase tickets.
And the next BBC History Magazine’s History Weekend will be in Chester at the end of October. As always, it looks like a great program with lots of great speakers!
Light projection of Richard III’s skeleton in its burial spot. Photo May 2015.
The spot where Richard’s grave was found is covered in a clear plexiglass floor so you can see the area. The light projection fades on and off and shows how the skeleton was arranged in the grave when it was discovered under a carpark (now former carpark) in Leicester, England.
Wider view of the Bosworth Battlefield display. Photo May 2015.
The closer view was featured back in 2016 in Picture of the Week #406.
Approaching the Bosworth Battlefield memorial sundial, Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Country Park. Photo May 2015.
(This is a little wider view of the sundial seen in Picture of the Week #344)
Four deeds related to the Shakespeare Birthplace property, dated from 1575 to 1647.
On display in the museum adjacent to the Shakespeare Birthplace House. Photo May 2015.
Books
Of course I missed a few things back in July, so let’s start with those:
Tudor Folk Tales by Dave Tonge was released on July 1 in the UK and will be out in the US at the beginning of 2020.
Also, The Flower of All Cities – The History of London from Earliest Times to the Great Fire by Robert Wynn Jones was published in the UK on July 15 and will be out in October in the US.
Finally, Thorns in a Realm of Roses: The Henry Queens by Thomas Crockett is a novel set in the waning years of Henry VIII’s reign and was released back in April. Thanks to the publisher for reaching out and bringing it to my attention since I have pretty much given up all hope of keeping up with Tudor historical fiction until the authors and/or publishers email me!
And new this month, out on August 15 in the UK and in October in the US, is Lovell our Dogge: The Life of Viscount Lovell, Closest Friend of Richard III and Failed Regicide by Michèle Schindler.
Continuing Exhibition
The Many Faces of Tudor England opened at The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth (England) on March 18 and will run through the of the year. Admission to the exhibit is including with the admission to the museum.
Upcoming Events
The Bosworth Medieval Festival 2019 is coming up on the weekend of August 17 & 18. Activities will includes author talks, jousting, and battle re-enactments.
The Collyweston Historical & Preservation Society will be having a Collyweston Palace Weekend on August 31 and September 1 with many Tudor-themed activities. The weekend will also include presentations on the Collyweston Palace Project, the archaeological investigation of the site of Margaret Beaufort’s grand home. This sounds like a wonderful event and I wish I could be there! I stayed overnight at The Collyweston Slater on my last trip to England but I didn’t get much of a chance to see the village itself (although I did purposely stay there because of its connection to Margaret Beaufort!).
Church Gate Tea Room Bed & Breakfast, Castle Acre, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.
Yeah, not especially Tudor-related this week, but definitely within short walking distance to a lot of history! This was the place where I stayed for a couple of nights back in 2015. I think this particular property is no longer a B&B, but there are others in town if you’re looking for a nice weekend away!
The high altar of Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.
Old tree in the gardens at Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
The walls of Framlingham Castle. Photo May 2015.
Vaulting and decoration under The Great Gatehouse at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.
Books
I have a few books that were previously released in the UK that are now out in the US:
First up is John Morton: Adversary of Richard III, Power Behind the Tudors by Stuart Bradley:
And next is Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King’s Beloved Sister by Heather R. Darsie:
New Books
In new books this month, A Phoenix Rising by Vivienne Brereton, a novel set against the backdrop of “The Field of the Cloth of Gold”, will be released on July 12, first of “The House of the Red Duke” series.
Continuing Exhibition
The Many Faces of Tudor England opened at The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth (England) on March 18 and will run through the of the year. Admission to the exhibit is including with the admission to the museum.
Upcoming Events
The Collyweston Historical & Preservation Society will be having a Collyweston Palace Weekend on August 31 and September 1 with many Tudor-themed activities. The weekend will also include presentations on the Collyweston Palace Project, the archaeological investigation of the site of Margaret Beaufort’s grand home. This sounds like a wonderful event and I wish I could be there! I stayed overnight at The Collyweston Slater on my last trip to England but I didn’t get much of a chance to see the village itself (although I did purposely stay there because of its connection to Margaret Beaufort!).
Lettering on the grave of Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk in St. Mary’s Church, Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.
Replica medieval crown used for the reinterment ceremony of Richard III, on display at Leicester Cathedral. Photo May 2015.
(Sorry this is a day late! I had two absolutely crammed-full days at work and then an eye appointment this morning, so this was the first chance I had to post!)
Leicester’s Gatehouse from a viewing platform in Leicester’s Building at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.
Inside Rochester Castle. Photo May 2015.
You can see the streaks of falling raindrops in the photo – that day was one of the few really bad weather moments I had on that trip.
Books
Here’s a book that I missed last month, but I had to include it because I’m so happy to see more work on Thomas Harriot, an overlooked scientist from the early era of modern astronomy. As some of you might recall, I have a degree in astronomy and I’m also very interested in the history of science and Thomas Harriot has been a pet interest of mine for a while after I came across his early sunspot drawings (in fact, he was probably the first person to observe them with a telescope). Early astronomers did a variety of things to observe the sun without burning their retinas and one method Harriot employed was observing the sun at sunrise through the mist over the Thames. So romantic! (This is where I put on my solar astronomer hat and say “don’t look directly at the sun without specialty equipment that is certified as safe for looking at the sun!”)
Thomas Harriot: A Life in Science by Robyn Arianrhod was released in early May in the US and at the end of May in the UK.
Continuing Exhibition
The Many Faces of Tudor England opened at The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth (England) on March 18 and will run through the of the year. Admission to the exhibit is including with the admission to the museum.
