Upcoming Books, Exhibitions, and Events for February 2023

Sorry this is a little late this month – things have been a bit of a mess the past few weeks including some non-serious but quite annoying health issues (thankfully not Covid) and a lovely little ice storm. The upshot though is my newly-found confidence using a pole saw to deal with all of the downed tree branches!

Books

There are a couple of books that have previously come out in the UK that are out in the US this month:

The Boleyns: From the Tudors to the Windsors by Amanda Harvey Purse came out last fall in the UK and is out in mid-February in the US:

And Amy McElroy’sEducating the Tudors came out last month in the UK and will also be released in mid-February in the US:

And it looks like Elizabethan Rebellions: Conspiracy, Intrigue, and Treason by Helene Harrison is now out in the US too. I originally had it down as coming out in early spring, but it looks like it was released back in January at the same time as the UK release.

Exhibitions

Hever Castle will feature a new exhibition when it reopens for the year on February 8 – Catherine & Anne: Queens, Rivals, Mothers. Admission to the exhibition is included with tickets to the castle. There is also a companion book available, including from the online shop. (I just wish international shipping from the UK hadn’t gotten so ridiculously expensive!)

Upcoming Books, Exhibitions, and Events for January 2023

Happy New Year everyone! I’ll join in with everyone else saying “Huh? How are we in another year again?” Although I’ve at least gotten past the “it feels like it’s perpetually March 2020” thing that was the case until sometime into the latter part of 2021.

Books

We have a few things that came out in 2022 in the UK that will be out in January in the US.

First is Tudor England: A History by Lucy Wooding, which came out in October in the UK and will be out on January 3 in the US:

And The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Women’s Writing in English, 1540-1700, edited by Elizabeth Scott-Bauman, Danielle Clarke, Sarah C. E. Ross also came out in October in the UK and will be out in mid-January in the US:

And one I missed from last month, The Marriage Bed of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, edited by Peter N. Lindfield came out in the UK on December 15 and will be out in May in the US. This is a collection of articles on the research into the bed, which was rediscovered in 2010.

And in new books for 2023…

Educating the Tudors by Amy McElroy will be out at the end of January in the UK and will be out later in the spring in the US. Nice to see a book dedicated to this topic that I can refer people to when I start to get those school project questions!

And also out in the UK at the end of the month is Helene Harrison’s Elizabethan Rebellions: Conspiracy, Intrigue, and Treason, which will also be out in the spring in the US:

Events

Peterborough Cathedral‘s annual Katharine of Aragon Festival for 2023 will be held on January 27-29 this year.

Continuing Exhibitions

Closing this month!

The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on October 10, 2022 and will run through January 8, 2023.

Picture of the Week #735

Small fireplace in Leicester’s Gatehouse at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

After a couple of days below freezing, a cozy fire in a fireplace sounds nice! The only reason we don’t use ours at the house is that no one wants to clean it. 😛

Upcoming Books, Exhibitions, and Events for December 2022

Here we are at the final month of 2022. Pretty light round-up this month, but I see some good stuff on the book horizon for 2023!

Books

Blood, Fire and Gold: The Story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici by Estelle Paranque had a UK release back in the summer and will be out in early December in the US:

Next up – Sarah Gristwood’s newest Tudor work, which was released last year in the UK with the title The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty will be out in mid-December in the US with the title The Tudors in Love: Passion and Politics in the Age of England’s Most Famous Dynasty:

And Natalie Grueninger’s The Final Year of Anne Boleyn came out in November in the UK and will be out in December in the US. I originally had January 2023 for the US release, but it looks like it will be out earlier – and just in time for Christmas!

Continuing Exhibitions

The Tudor: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on October 10, 2022 and will run through January 8, 2023.