{"id":10194,"date":"2016-03-29T14:05:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T19:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/?p=10194"},"modified":"2016-03-29T14:05:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T19:05:03","slug":"upcoming-books-exhibitions-and-events-for-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/29\/upcoming-books-exhibitions-and-events-for-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Books, Exhibitions, and Events for April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Books<\/b><\/p>\n<p>One book I missed that came out in late March was Jerry Bortton&#8217;s <i>This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World<\/i> which was released March 24 in the UK and March 22 for an international edition (including the US):<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=GB&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=tudorhistoryo-21&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=GB&#038;placement=0241004020&#038;asins=0241004020&#038;linkId=&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe> <iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=tudorhistory-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=0241004020&#038;asins=0241004020&#038;linkId=JWHXX44BT7GRJKSS&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And another was the second of Tony Riches&#8217;s Tudor Trilogy of historical fiction novels: <i>Jasper<\/i>, which was released on March 22 in the UK and US.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=GB&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=tudorhistoryo-21&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=GB&#038;placement=B01D6KSLJ2&#038;asins=B01D6KSLJ2&#038;linkId=&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe> <iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=tudorhistory-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=B01D6KSLJ2&#038;asins=B01D6KSLJ2&#038;linkId=OK4STWL2FYOTDN4T&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Two new books with UK releases this month (and later or unknown-at-this-time US releases):<\/p>\n<p>First up is <i>Insurrection: Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and the Pilgrimage of Grace<\/i> by Susan Loughlin, which will be released on April 4 in the UK and in July in the US.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=GB&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=tudorhistoryo-21&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=GB&#038;placement=0750967331&#038;asins=0750967331&#038;linkId=&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe> <iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=tudorhistory-20&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=US&#038;placement=0750967331&#038;asins=0750967331&#038;linkId=TKHVCZNE66SANERP&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And the second is <i>Katherine Howard: The Tragic Story of Henry VIII&#8217;s Fifth Queen<\/i> by Josephine Wilkinson, which is out April 7 in the UK and on the Kindle in the US, but I don&#8217;t have a release date for the hardcover in the US yet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-eu.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;OneJS=1&#038;Operation=GetAdHtml&#038;MarketPlace=GB&#038;source=ac&#038;ref=tf_til&#038;ad_type=product_link&#038;tracking_id=tudorhistoryo-21&#038;marketplace=amazon&#038;region=GB&#038;placement=1444796267&#038;asins=1444796267&#038;linkId=&#038;show_border=true&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><b>New Events and Exhibitions<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, I have one addition to this round-up that is isn&#8217;t Shakespeare related!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westminster-abbey.org\/events\/wonder\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blogpics\/ladychapel500.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Westminster Abbey&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.westminster-abbey.org\/events\/wonder\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">500 Years of Wonder<\/a> will celebrate the quincentennial of the completion of Henry VII&#8217;s Lady Chapel with some special events between April 21st and May 5 including a concert, services, and lectures.<\/p>\n<p>And now, back to the Shakespeare events. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.folger.edu\/exhibitions\/americas-shakespeare\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blogpics\/wonderofwill.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.folger.edu\/exhibitions\/americas-shakespeare\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">America&#8217;s Shakespeare<\/a> will open on April 7 and run through July 24 and is the second of three exhibitions they will put on, in addition to other events, during their year-long <a href=\"http:\/\/www.folger.edu\/the-wonder-of-will\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wonder of Will<\/a> celebrations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/events\/shakespeare-in-ten-acts\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blogpics\/shax10acts.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The British Library&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bl.uk\/events\/shakespeare-in-ten-acts\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shakespeare in Ten Acts<\/a> opens April 15 and will run through September 6. The exhibition is a &#8220;Journey through 400 years of history <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books One book I missed that came out in late March was Jerry Bortton&#8217;s This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World which was released March 24 in the UK and March 22 for an international edition (including the US): And another was the second of Tony Riches&#8217;s Tudor&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/29\/upcoming-books-exhibitions-and-events-for-april-2016\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-news","category-shakespeare","category-tudor-history-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}