Upcoming movies, exhibitions and books

Time for another round-up post of upcoming items of interest! This post covers the end of September and all of October. As always, I know I’m missing stuff – there is just too much to keep up with! I might have a follow-up “things I missed” post halfway through October. 🙂 As usual, I’ve added my Amazon affiliate links on the books. As a reminder of my standard disclaimer – purchases made through my affiliate links earn the site a small commission (which pretty much goes right back to Amazon when I buy more Tudor history books!).

Books

* David Loades latest Tudor history book “The Boleyns: The Rise and Fall of a Tudor Family” is out September 28 in the UK (the US info is scant).

* Thomas Penn’s novel book about Henry VII “Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England” is out September 29, 2011 in the UK and March 6, 2012 in the US. It’s nice to see a novel work featuring Henry VII!
[Edit – I goofed, apparently this is a non-fiction book. Thanks for the correction Susan! And my comment about it being nice to see a book featuring Henry VII still stands. :)]

* Alison Weir’s “Mary Boleyn” is out officially (apparently it has been showing up in airport bookstores already!) October 4 in the US and October 6 in the UK

* “Bessie Blount: The Story of Henry VIII’s Longtime Mistress” by Elizabeth Norton is scheduled to be out October 28 in the UK (again, US info is scant, but it may be out the same date?)

Exhibitions

* Manifold Greatness: The Creation and Afterlife of the King James Bible opened last week at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. and will run through January 15, 2012. (I’ve mentioned it before, but I’m so excited that the exhibit will be coming here to Austin, TX after its run at the Folger!)

* Mary Queen of Scots – a small display at the British Library about Mary’s last years as a prisoner in England. This also runs to January 15, 2012.

Movie

* The film “Anonymous” by director Roland Emmerich will be out in theaters on October 28 in both the US and the UK. I’m not a big fan of the whole “Shakespeare didn’t write Shakespeare” conspiracy theory – in particular the “Prince Tudor” variation in this film – but the film looks like it will be a visual treat. Vanessa Redgrave (who played Anne Boleyn in the 1966 “A Man for All Seasons”) is an older Elizabeth I and her daughter Joely Richardson (recently seen as Katherine Parr in “The Tudors”) plays the young Elizabeth. You can see trailers at the movie’s official site.

4 Comments:

  1. Susan Higginbotham

    Although the description of The Winter King is very confusing as to whether it’s fiction or nonfiction, the book is apparently nonfiction. There’s a review here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8781894/Winter-King-by-Thomas-Penn-review.html

  2. Susan Higginbotham

    I meant to say the publisher’s description–not your description!

  3. Oh, how interesting! All the descriptions and quotes I was reading made it sound like a novel! Thanks for the correction, I’ll edit the post.

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