Happy spooky season! I’m always happy to see the calendar flip over to October (which will hopefully eventually bring weather here that makes it feel like it’s October).
Books
In new books this month, I’ll start with a release that technically came out in the UK in September (albeit on the last day of the month), Elizabeth I’s Ladies, Gentlewomen and Maids: The Women Who Served the Tudor Queen by Heather Shanette. It will be released in November in the US and I expect to have more info about this work on the blog soon! (Full disclosure, the author is a long-time friend 🙂 )
And second is Elizabeth Boleyn: The Life of the Queen’s Mother by Sophie Bacchus-Waterman, which will be released at the end of October in the UK and in March of next year in the US.
That’s it for books this month!
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!
