Day 11: George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier & Diplomat

On the eleventh day of Christmas On the Tudor Trail gave to me… the chance to win a copy of ‘George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier & Diplomat’ by Claire Ridgway and Clare Cherry.

To be in the running to win ‘George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier & Diplomat’, leave a comment after this post.

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For your chance to win a copy of this book, you must be subscribed to On the Tudor Trail’s newsletter (if you are not already, sign up on our homepage where it says ‘Free Enewsletter Subscription’).

Then simply leave a comment after this post between now and 26 December 2014. Don’t forget to leave your name and a contact email. Please note that I have comment moderation activated and need to ‘approve’ comments before they appear. There is no need to submit your comment twice.

This giveaway is open internationally.

One winner will be randomly selected and contacted by email shortly after the competition closes. Please ensure you’ve added natalie@onthetudortrail.com to your address book to avoid missing my email.

Good luck!

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Book Description

George Boleyn has gone down in history as being the brother of the ill-fated Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, and for being executed for treason, after being found guilty of incest and of conspiring to kill the King.

This biography allows George to step out of the shadows and brings him to life as a court poet, royal favourite, keen sportsman, talented diplomat and loyal brother. Clare Cherry and Claire Ridgway chart his life from his spectacular rise in the 1520s to his dramatic fall and tragic end in 1536.

George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier and Diplomat is divided into three sections – Beginnings, Career and Influence, and End of an Era – and topics include:

– George Boleyn’s poetry
– Personal attributes and social pursuits
– Religion
– George’s marriage to Jane Parker
– The Reformation Parliament and the League of Schmalkalden
– George the Diplomat
– The fall of the Boleyns, arrests and trials
– The aftermath of their fall
– George Boleyn, Dean of Lichfield, and the Clonony Castle Boleyns

The biography is fully referenced and includes chapter notes, bibliography and useful appendices.

Read my interview with the authors here.

Find out more about Claire Ridgway & Clare Cherry here.

Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for your chance to win a subscription to Barbara Kyle’s online video series of workshops, ‘Writing Fiction that Sells’.

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Comments

  1. Would love to read this and find out more about George 🙂

  2. Jennifer D. says:

    I don’t have books about George Boleyn. I would love to win this and learn more about his character.

  3. Sandie Millanta says:

    Tried to buy a copy of this book in New Zealand yesterday – 11th – but too early for here. Will be a great addition to my Tudor library.

  4. Linda Senne says:

    He is a very interesting figure. I would be interested to learn more about him, and his family. His wife too!

  5. Must read! Never read anything about George!

  6. She missed her that she grew up with playing games and running around with she knew his love was with herand wwas sad when at the end he would be sad to lose her love only to later to gain back again.

  7. Michele DeVries says:

    Wow book is very cool! Would love to win ! Merry Christmas everyone!

  8. tina arnold says:

    George bolyen he ir to the bolyen line overshadowed by both sisters a fab book I would love to add to my collection

  9. This is another for my “gotta read this!” list! 🙂 Thanks again for the contest!

  10. Deanna Burt says:

    Would love to read this!! 🙂

  11. Sandra Greensmith says:

    Oh no another book added to my hotlist. Oh dear Santa, please please please. Books books books… I love them more than tv. No really … MORE than tv! x

  12. I have all of Claire’s books except this on. Can’t wait to add it to my collection one day. They are all wonderful reads.

  13. Orsolya Dunai says:

    I love Claire and yet have not been able to get my hands on her books as they are mostly through e-readers only. 🙁

  14. Fiona Curtis says:

    love to read this, New Zealand so far away from the wonders of England

  15. Sue Crawford says:

    Wonderful book, would be fascinated to discover more.

  16. Denise Duvall says:

    George Boleyn was an important personnage in his own right, not just the brother of Anne. I would like to read about the life of this fascinating courtier. Thank you for the giveaway and Merry Christmas!

  17. Mindi Baldwin says:

    I can’t wait to read this and learn more about George Boleyn! It has been on my “must read” list since i first heard about it.

  18. ohhh interesting, would love to know ‘his side’ of the story.

  19. I have been looking forward to reading this for some time so thanks for the chance to win this!It’s one of the books that I most wanted to purchase this year but haven’t had the opportunity.

  20. Michael Leaver says:

    This book is fantastic and I give it 5 stars

  21. Another fantastic book to win!

  22. Simone Nash says:

    This looks really interesting; thank you for the opportunity!

  23. I would absolutely love to read this!

  24. So excited for this giveaway! Thank you!

  25. Veronica Napoli says:

    Everything is intriguing, when it comes on the Boleyn’s family…

  26. hope I win!

  27. this will be a great read

  28. Ellen Healy says:

    As someone else mentioned, I would love to win any of these books, but this is also making my “to be read” list much longer! 🙂

  29. I have always had a fascination with Henry Vlll and his wives, in particular Ann Boleyn and followed my daughter onto this site. Recently I have been following family lines on a popular geneological website and through a winding trail of male and female lines, I was “taken back”, to find a Geoffery ll Boleyn and a Lady Ann Hoo listed as my 19th Gt Grandparents. Of course this may or may not be true, (given that some of the research is taken from other people’s trees.) However I and my daughters would love the opportunity to know more about our could be relatives. It’s also a co-incidence that one of my childhood friends has the surname of ‘Smeeton” and she had always told me since we were children about a relative of hers that had been famously interrogated! All of this from far away Australia too!

  30. Sounds like a great read. Would love to learn more about George.

  31. These books! Wow- getting such a list if books to read.

  32. kelly adams says:

    Sounds like a very interesting book to read-would love to win it otherwise i will add it to my “to buy list”.

  33. Follow Claire on Anne Boleyn files would love to read one of her books!

  34. This book is on my Christmas list this year!! So looking forward to reading it.

  35. Roslyn Newland-Barbara says:

    Sounds like a must for a reading list!

  36. Sharon Thurnell says:

    I have added this one to my must read list.

  37. Moni Leigh says:

    Must read, indeed! My TBR pile is growing by leaps & bounds.

  38. Would love to win a copy of this book. It’s so difficult to get ahold of fantastic historical novels in Australia! 🙂

  39. Julie Heywood says:

    Would absolutely love to win this book. I’m fascinated with all of the Boleyns and would love to learn more about George.

  40. Alessandra McDonald says:

    After having read about Anne and Mary Boleyn it only seems logical to read about their brother, George.

  41. Stephanie Gould says:

    Would love to read this. I never know what to think about George Boleyn.

  42. Natasha Crevier says:

    Would love to read this

  43. Thank you for this giveaway opportunity!

  44. Alana Bates says:

    How interesting! 😀

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  46. This would be an interesting read! Something different but still a part of the Tudor history! 🙂

  47. This looks like a fantastic book. George Boleyn fascinates me!

  48. This would be a great read I know so little about George Boleyn

  49. Nicola Greenhalgh says:

    Would love to read this book 🙂

  50. Who knew?