Category: Book news

In the October 5th newsletter from Alison Weir’s site at Random House, she mentions that the next non-fiction book she is working on will be about Katherine Swynford, mother of the Beaufort line that Henry VII was descended from. Most people will probably be familiar with the 1950s historical fiction book Katherine by Anya Seton, which is to the best of my knowledge the only book about Katherine around. It will be nice to see a non-fiction book about Katherine and to see all the sources she has been able to dig up on this too-little-known Tudor ancestor!

(Thanks to Monia for the link!)

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The Seventh Window

The above link takes you to a website about a new book resulting from collaborative work on the Seventh Window of Sint Janskerk in Gouda, Netherlands, which was donated by Mary I and her husband Philip II. There is also a CD available of detailed photos of the window and its cartoon. Click above for more information on the project!

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Due out next year (April in the UK… info on other locations when I get it) is Alison Weir’s first historical novel, called “Innocent Traitor” about Lady Jane Grey.

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Edited by Jonathan North.

I think this is the first time in quite a while that the diary has been available? I’m looking forward to reading it one of these days!

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Information on a forthcoming artists’s book about Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Christopher Hatton in honor of the 400th anniversary of Elizabeth’s death.

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Book news: Someone from the mailing list passed along info on a new book about Hans Holbein. It is only for sale in the UK at this time. It’s title is Hans Holbein and the author is Stephanie Buck. The best part is that it sells for just under £10!

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Also, Retha Warnike who wrote The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn has a book about Anne of Cleves coming out next February. The official title is: The Marrying of Anne of Cleves: Royal Protocol in Early Modern England

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Additional book news: There is a new book on Katherine Parr called Kateryn Parr: The Making of a Queen (Women and Gender in Early Modern England, 1500-1750) by Susan E. James. Unfortunately, it lists for about US$85.

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