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Queen Anne Boleyn’s Confinement

August 26, 2012 by Natalie

On Thursday August 21, 1533, Queen Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII left Windsor for Whitehall, spending … [Read more...]

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Interview with Amy Licence and Giveaway!

August 23, 2012 by Natalie

I have just published my interview with historian Amy Licence, author of In Bed With the Tudors: The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anne Boleyn, Books, Henry VIII, Life in Tudor England, Six Wives Tagged With: Amy Licence, Anne Boleyn, In Bed With the Tudors, Interview with Amy Licence, sex and childbirth in Tudor England, Tudor book giveaway, Tudor childbirth, Tudor midwives