A few more books of interest will be coming out shortly…
First up, another book on Katherine Swynford, ancestor of the Tudors through the Beaufort line. It will be out in October in the US and appears to already be out in the UK.
And next is a book on George Boleyn’s infamous wife Jane, Lady Rochford. For some reason two versions are showing up at Amazon.uk, so I’ve linked to both below. One is available for purchase now and another is due out in . The US version is due in December.
Thanks to Kate for mentioning the book on Jane!
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I read the bio of Katherine Swynford, by Jeannette Lucraft, when it was published last year. As there is so little information ‘out there’ about Katherine, this book was more a bio of the typical medieval lady.
Supposition seemed to be the way to go…Katherine was the governess of Gaunt’s children, so she must have been well educated…or that was the conclusion. There were several other instances of supposition…the book was full of them.
Although I greatly enjoy the biographies written by Alison Weir (her work on Edward II’s queen, Isabella, is a masterpiece), I will tread softly with this book- reading quite a bit in the store before the book is purchased. If Ms Lucraft couldn’t find any spot-on sources of information about Katherine, then I have a feeling that Ms Weir wouldn’t have much better luck.
I’m interesting in reading both books. I first became interested in Katherine Swynford because of Anya Seton’s historical novel. And I would love to compare Julia Fox’s bio with Philippa Gregory’s book, The Boleyn Inheritance.
One of the newest books about the Tudors is Linda Porter
This book was supposed to be available in the US in October 2007. Alison Weir’s website now states the book will not be out until 2009 in the US. That’s too bad. I quite enjoyed Ms. Weir’s other books and am looking forward to new ones.
Amazon is still listing the US release as Oct. 23, but I know that doesn’t really mean anything. Anyone who can’t wait (and is willing to pay the horrible exchange rate) can get it from the UK.