Tag Archives: Anne Boleyn

Guest Post and Giveaway!

By Michelle Diener Thank you again to Natalie for having me back as a guest blogger. I know Natalie’s particular interest is Anne Boleyn, and while Anne plays an off-stage role in my Tudor-set Susanna Horenbout and John Parker series … Continue reading

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Sir James Boleyn

Background – the Boleyns Today the Boleyns are usually associated with Hever Castle in Kent but they were in fact a Norfolk family firmly established at Blickling. They traced their origins to Geoffrey Boleyn of Salle and Alice, daughter of … Continue reading

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Calling Anne Boleyn Fans Based in London!

I am posting this message on behalf of Charli Burden, a broadcast journalist based in London who is making a television documentary about Anne Boleyn’s status as a modern day heroine. Charli is looking for people to interview so please … Continue reading

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Walking the Route of Anne Boleyn’s Coronation Procession

I am so excited to share today’s guest post by Zoe Bramley from London History Walks. Zoe has written a guide intended to help you retrace Anne Boleyn’s progress through the City of London. Walking the same streets that Anne … Continue reading

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Miniature Whistle Pendant and Anne Boleyn

By family tradition, Henry VIII’s first gift to Anne Boleyn was a gold and enamel ‘pendant in the form of a pistol, chased with scrolling foliage’ (Starkey, 1991, p. 115). A snake is entwined around the barrel and it contains … Continue reading

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Boleyn Festival Blickling & Queen Katherine Parr Quincentenary

What a great year for Tudor enthusiasts living in England! The Boleyn Blickling Festival will run from the 17th-20th May 2012 and promises to be ‘a feast of all things Anne Boleyn’. Historians, novelists, costumiers and musicians will all come … Continue reading

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