{"id":10921,"date":"2016-07-30T17:07:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T22:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/?p=10921"},"modified":"2016-07-30T17:07:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-30T22:07:59","slug":"upcoming-books-exhibitions-and-events-for-august-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/30\/upcoming-books-exhibitions-and-events-for-august-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Books, Exhibitions, and Events for August 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>New Books<\/b><\/p>\n<p>One new release this month &#8211; <i>Scourge of Henry VIII: The Life of Marie de Guise<\/i> by Melanie Clegg is out August 30 in the UK and later in the fall in the US. It&#8217;s great to see work on Marie de Guise, someone I&#8217;ve been intrigued by for a while now.<\/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=1473848385&#038;asins=1473848385&#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=1473848385&#038;asins=1473848385&#038;linkId=89df28ff63ac8d62060baa3748603dc5&#038;show_border=false&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=false&#038;price_color=333333&#038;title_color=0066c0&#038;bg_color=ffffff\"><br \/>\n    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And a few books already out in the UK that will be out at the end of the month in the US (or possibly mid-September &#8211; I have conflicting info, but I decided to go ahead and include them in this month&#8217;s round-up)<\/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=1445651645&#038;asins=1445651645&#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=1445651645&#038;asins=1445651645&#038;linkId=c904f7a755f955768c0a2c93b1088453&#038;show_border=false&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=false&#038;price_color=333333&#038;title_color=0066c0&#038;bg_color=ffffff\"><br \/>\n    <\/iframe><\/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=1445646056&#038;asins=1445646056&#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=1445646056&#038;asins=1445646056&#038;linkId=f516617acebe7a21d9f79dad35110f3f&#038;show_border=false&#038;link_opens_in_new_window=false&#038;price_color=333333&#038;title_color=0066c0&#038;bg_color=ffffff\"><br \/>\n    <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>New Event<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sudeleycastle.co.uk\/event\/tudor-ambition-talk-book-signing-with-lauren-mackay-elizabeth-norton\/\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blogpics\/sudeley.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sudeleycastle.co.uk\/event\/tudor-ambition-talk-book-signing-with-lauren-mackay-elizabeth-norton\/\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tudor Ambition<\/a> &#8211; Talk and book signing with Lauren Mackay and Elizabeth Norton at Sudeley Castle on September 4 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets available at the link. (Yes, it&#8217;s actually in September, but I wanted to get it in earlier to give people a chance to plan.)<\/p>\n<p><b>New Exhibitions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.folger.edu\/exhibitions\/will-and-jane\" 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\/will-and-jane\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will &#038; Jane<\/a> will open on August 6 and run through November 6 and is the final of three exhibitions they 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><b>Continuing Exhibitions<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Oxford&#8217;s Bodleian Library will run <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk\/whatson\/whats-on\/upcoming-events\/2016\/april\/shakespeares-dead\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shakespeare&#8217;s Dead<\/a> from April 22 to September 4. This exhibition will examine the theme of Death in Shakespeare&#8217;s works. It &#8220;provides a unique take on the subject by exploring how Shakespeare used the anticipation of death, the moment of death and mourning the dead as contexts to bring characters to life. &#8230; Shakespeare&#8217;s Dead also looks at last words spoken, funerals and mourning as well as life after death, including ghosts and characters who come back to life.&#8221;<\/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> opened 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>New Books One new release this month &#8211; Scourge of Henry VIII: The Life of Marie de Guise by Melanie Clegg is out August 30 in the UK and later in the fall in the US. It&#8217;s great to see work on Marie de Guise, someone I&#8217;ve been intrigued by&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/30\/upcoming-books-exhibitions-and-events-for-august-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":[11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-news","category-tudor-history-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10921","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=10921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tudorhistory.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}