Round up of news

Sorry I have been a little quiet on this blog over the last week or so! I’m just going to do a quick round up of a few things that I wanted to post about this week but got behind on.

From the London Evening Standard, an article about one of the winners at the Chelsea Flower show, which grew plants used in a recipe to create perfume for Elizabeth I.

Here’s another article about Henry VIII’s annulment request document that I blogged about previously.

Sent to me through Twitter – News on Alison Weir’s upcoming book launch at the Tower of London for her new bio on Anne Boleyn and details for a tour of Tudor England she’ll be leading in 2010, as well as news on other upcoming books (including a sequel to “The Lady Elizabeth”).

And finally, from Pop Tudors (the blog for the Showtime series “The Tudors”) – Ask a Tudor!. Your chance to ask Mark Hildreth, the actor playing Cardinal Reginald Pole, a question. You can submit them in the comments on the page linked to above.

Joss Stone back as Anne of Cleves

I’ve been seeing various short articles coming through my news alerts saying that Joss Stone will be back as Anne of Cleves during the 4th season of “The Tudors”. I haven’t seen any information on how many episodes she’ll be in though.

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

I’ve been seeing a few interesting reviews about “Wolf Hall”, a novel about Thomas Cromwell, coming through on my Google news alerts and I also received a recommendation from Foose, so I thought it was time to look into this book some more! Here’s the product description from Amazon, as well as an order link for Amazon UK (where the book is already out) and a pre-order link for the US Amazon, where it will be out in October. I’m personally hoping it is eventually at Audible, since that’s how I “read” a lot of books these days!

In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII

Commemorating Lady Margaret Beaufort

In addition to being the anniversary of Henry VII’s death and Henry VIII’s accession to the throne (and his marriage to Catherine of Aragon), it is also the 500th anniversary of the death of Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. Christ’s College, Cambridge was founded by Margaret and they will be holding an event on June 27 in her honor including talks, evensong, a banquet and more.

You can find all the details for the event here.

Yay!

(Picture taken with my laptop’s built-in webcam in my office at work)

I haven’t had a chance to do a thorough flip-through yet, but I can’t wait to dig in!

Timeline of Anne Boleyn’s fall

Andrea was kind enough to put together this timeline of Anne Boleyn’s fall, so you can following along in “real time” as we go through the month of May. If I was more organized and had more time, I’d set these up as individual posts to come on the appropriate days!

Late January 1536 – Anne Boleyn miscarries for second time

February – Anne Boleyn recovering

4 February – Henry busy with Parliament

Mid-March – Henry has become serious about Jane Seymour (the purse of soveriegns incident)

Lent – Henry facilitates Chapuys’ snub of

Picture of the Week #17

Leeds Castle. May 2003

If ever there was a place I need to go back and visit on a nicer day, it’s Leeds Castle! It’s such a beautiful castle and setting, it’s really a shame it was such so damp and dreary when we were there. Still, a lovely place to visit!

Queen honors Yeoman of the Guard and Henry VII

From The Telegraph:

Queen thanks Yeomen of the Guard on 500th anniversary of Henry VII’s death

The Queen expressed her thanks to the Yeomen of the Guard as she honoured the founder of the famous royal bodyguards.

More than 70 Yeomen – resplendent in their distinctive red and gold tunics, large white ruffled collars, scarlet stockings and flat brimmed black Tudor hats – gathered in Westminster Abbey in tribute to King Henry VII.

Henry VII created the Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard in 1485 at the Battle of Bosworth.

To mark the 500th anniversary of his death, the Queen placed a posy at his tomb in the Abbey’s Lady Chapel.

Full article