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Review of Captive Queen; The Decrypted History of Mary, Queen of Scots
A new examination of the captive years of Mary, Queen of Scots drawing on the recent discovery and decryption of over 50 previously unknown letters.
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Review of Nicola Tallis, Young Elizabeth (Michael O'Mara, 2025)
An in-depth analysis of Elizabeth’s youth, contributing a great deal to our understanding of how her character was formed, and the influences that informed her queenship.
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Review of Dr Nicola Clark, The Waiting Game (W&N, 2024)
A comprehensive look at the women who served Henry VIII’s queens, describing them both at work and at play.
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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…
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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…
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Schutte: Princesses Mary and Elizabeth Tudor and the Gift Book Exchange
The book is a thorough examination of the part that translations, dedications, and gift-giving, played in negotiations for status between the daughters of Henry VIII, before and…