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Episode 31 – Talking Tudors with Dr Sonja Kleij

Natalie Grueninger chats with Dr Sonja Kleij about Elizabeth I and the Dutch Republic. Follow Dr Kleij on Twitter. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show your appreciation, and support the work I do, I invite you to become a part of the Talking Tudors family and become my patron! Music break by Jon … [Read More...]

Episode 30 – Talking Tudors with Phillipa Vincent-Connolly

Natalie Grueninger speaks with author and historian Phillipa Vincent-Connolly about her upcoming book 'Disability and the Tudors'. Visit Phillipa's official website. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show your appreciation, and support the work I do, I invite you to become a part of the Talking Tudors family … [Read More...]

Episode 29 – Talking Tudors with Lucy Churchill

Natalie Grueninger chats with Lucy Churchill about her brilliant reconstruction of Anne Boleyn’s ‘The Moost Happi’ portrait medal & her research into the iconography of the Tudor choir screen at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. Visit Lucy Churchill's website. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show … [Read More...]

Anna, Duchess of Cleves Blog Tour

I'm thrilled to be taking part in Heather R. Darsie's blog tour to celebrate the upcoming release of her new biography of Anne of Cleves. To mark the occasion, Heather has written a guest post about Johann Friedrich, Anne's brother-in-law. Happy reading! Johann Friedrich, Anna of Cleves’ Powerful Brother-in-Law By Heather R. Darsie Johann Friedrich Wettiner, Elector of Saxony, was born 30 June 1503 to Elector John of Saxony and his first wife Sophia of Mecklenburg. Sadly, Sophia passed … [Read More...]

Episode 28 – Talking Tudors with Matthew Lewis

Natalie Grueninger chats with historian Matt Lewis about Richard III. Visit Matt's History Blog. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show your appreciation, and support the work I do, I invite you to become a part of the Talking Tudors family and become my patron! Music break by Jon Sayles. Listen using … [Read More...]

March’s Tudor News Roundup

Tudor News Roundup News from the London Charterhouse A huge congratulations to the London Charterhouse for recently winning Heritage Lottery Funding to refurbish their Great Chamber - the only surviving Tudor Great Chamber in London! Work is due to start in January. Dig the Tudors at Sudeley Castle (Almost 100% funded!) https://digventures.com/projects/sudeley-castle Mary Queen of Scots documents … [Read More...]

Episode 27 – Talking Tudors with Dr Stephanie Russo

Natalie Grueninger speaks with Dr Stephanie Russo about the literary afterlife of Anne Boleyn. Visit Dr Russo's research website. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show your appreciation, and support the work I do, I invite you to become a part of the Talking Tudors family and become my patron! Music break by … [Read More...]

Episode 26 – Talking Tudors with Adrienne Dillard

Natalie Grueninger talks to author Adrienne Dillard about Catherine Carey and Jane Boleyn. Visit Adrienne's official website. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love Talking Tudors and would like to show your appreciation, and support the work I do, I invite you to become a part of the Talking Tudors family and become my patron! Music break by Jon … [Read More...]

A Tudor Love Story: Anne Vavasour and Sir Henry Lee

Thanks to Natalie for letting me tell everyone On The Tudor Trail about two wonderful Tudors, Anne Vavasour and Sir Henry Lee. And even though few people know about them, I believe they lived one of the greatest English love stories. I met Anne and Sir Henry back in the day when I was a graduate student studying Shakespeare. I had just read Sir Edmund Chambers’ biography called William Shakespeare: A Study of Facts and Problems. Quite frankly, I was shocked at how few facts and how many … [Read More...]

A Review of The Tudor Cookbook: From Gilded Peacocks to Calves’ Feet Pie

Much is known about the momentous tragedies and triumphs acted out on the Tudor stage but while court officials connived and queens lost their heads, life in the kitchens of the nobility carried on. Terry Breverton’s Tudor Cookbook gives us a fascinating and enjoyable insight, not only into what the Tudors ate but how their food was cooked, the ingredients and equipment they used and thus by analogy what life might have been like for the serving classes in the Tudor kitchen. How to read a … [Read More...]

Episode 25 – Talking Tudors with Lisa Westcott Wilkins & Stephen Torode

Natalie Grueninger speaks with Lisa Westcott Wilkins, co-founder and Managing Director at DigVentures, and Stephen Torode, head gardener at Sudeley Castle, about two Tudor treasures recently uncovered at Sudeley. Visit the 'Dig the Tudors at Sudeley Castle' website. Find out more about Sudeley Castle. Join our Talking Tudors Podcast Facebook group for all the behind-the-scenes news and updates. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful patrons! If you love … [Read More...]

The Life and Death of Charles Brandon by Tony Riches

I'm delighted to be a hosting a stop on Tony Riches' blog tour for his new novel, Brandon Tudor Knight. To mark the occasion, Tony has written a guest post entitled 'The Life and Death of Charles Brandon'. Brandon - Tudor Knight by Tony Riches Publication Date: December 3, 2018 Preseli Press eBook; ASIN: B07L3YGBWJ Genre: Historical/Tudor/Biographical     From the author of the international bestselling Tudor Trilogy comes a true story of adventure, courtly love … [Read More...]