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Book Talk and Signing and Guildford Book Festival
It was a pleasure to host a talk on 1000 Tudor People at this year's Guildford Book Festival, my thanks to all that attended.
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Book Reviews
Review of Natalie Grueninger, The Final Year of Anne Boleyn (Pen and Sword, 2022)
This book focuses entirely on Anne’s last year. It tries to answer the question of how a woman who, in the Spring of 1535 if she was not entirely secure in her position as she had…
Podcasts
Royals, Rebels and Romantics Ep 197: Meeting 1000 Tudor People with Melita Thomas
'The Tudors are one of the most famous (infamous??) dynasties in history. But what about the people around those well-known kings and queens? Melita Thomas takes us into the lives…
Book Reviews
Review of Carol Levin, The Reign and Life of Queen Elizabeth I: Politics, Culture, and Society (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022)
Carole Levin’s contribution is a move away from a recent focus on cultural aspects of Elizabeth’s reign, such as Cole’s The Portable Queen: Elizabeth I and the Politics of…
Podcasts
Renaissance English History Podcast Ep 95: Tudor Times on Robert Dudley
'Learn more about Robert Dudley, who is famous for having been Elizabeth's probable soulmate, but was also a skilled politician, and a religious reformer who patronized the arts…
Podcasts
Renaissance English History Podcast Ep 83: Tudor Times on Mary Sidney
'In this episode, Melita of Tudor Times talks with us about Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, writer, poet, and enigma about whom very little is known.'
Podcasts
Renaissance England History Podcast Ep 103: Tudor Times on Francis Walsingham
'In this episode, Melita from Tudor Times talks about Francis Walsingham.'
Podcasts
Renaissance England History Podcast Ep 81: Tudor Times on Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury
'Margaret Pole led a life filled with ups and downs. Born into life as the niece of the King, she ended her life almost 70 years later at the hands of an inexperienced…