Helen Castor discusses Joan of Arc

Posted on 4th March 2015 by Tamise


Historian Helen Castor discusses her new book, ‘Joan of Arc: A History’ on ABC Radio.


Conversations with Richard Fidler – Helen Castor


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Lady Jane mentioned in BBC History Magazine article

Posted on 4th March 2015 by Tamise


Lady Jane is briefly mentioned in an article in the March 2015 issue of BBC History Magazine.


(c) BBC History Magazine

(c) BBC History Magazine


David Baldwin’s article, ‘A Seventh Wife for Henry VIII?’ looks at the possibility that Henry VIII might have considered a seventh marriage to Katherine Willoughby. Katherine was Lady Jane’s step-grandmother and the article mentions Jane in relation to the events of her nine day’s reign.

David Baldwin’s new book, ‘Henry VIII’s Last Love: The Extraordinary Life of Katherine Willoughby, Lady-in-Waiting to the Tudors’ is published on 15th March.


(c) Amberley Publishing

(c) Amberley Publishing


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Streatham Portrait to go back to Montacute House

Posted on 3rd March 2015 by Tamise


The National Portrait Gallery have said that the Lady Jayne/Streatham portrait will return to Montacute House in Somerset in late spring.


(c) NPG 6804; Lady Jane Dudley (nee Grey) by Unknown artist

(c) NPG 6804; Lady Jane Dudley (nee Grey) by Unknown artist


The portrait was part of ‘The Real Tudors: Kings & Queens Rediscovered’ exhibition from 12 September 2014 until 1st March 2015.

It was previously on display at Montacute House (a regional partner of the National Portrait Gallery) between March 2013 and May 2014.


March 2013-May 2014 -Room 2 - The Court of Henry VIII Montacute House

March 2013-May 2014 -Room 2 – The Court of Henry VIII
Montacute House


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2013’s Guest Article by Susan Higginbotham – The Woodvilles

Posted on 2nd March 2015 by Tamise


(c) The History Press

(c) The History Press


In case you missed Susan Higginbotham’s guest post about Thomas Grey.

Thomas Grey by Susan Higginbotham


You can buy the paperback of ‘The Woodvilles: The Wars of the Roses and England’s Most Infamous Family’ from Amazon.co.uk


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Books 2015 – on sale today – The Woodvilles by Susan Higginbotham

Posted on 2nd March 2015 by Tamise


2 March – The Woodvilles: The Wars of the Roses and England’s Most Infamous Family (Paperback) by Susan Higginbotham


(c) The History Press

(c) The History Press


‘In 1464, the most eligible bachelor in England, Edward IV, stunned the nation by revealing his secret marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, a beautiful, impoverished widow whose father and brother Edward himself had once ridiculed as upstarts. Edward’s controversial match brought his queen’s large family to court and into the thick of the Wars of the Roses. This is the story of the family whose fates would be inextricably intertwined with the fall of the Plantagenets and the rise of the Tudors: Richard, the squire whose marriage to a duchess would one day cost him his head; Jacquetta, mother to the queen and accused witch; Elizabeth, the commoner whose royal destiny would cost her three of her sons; Anthony, the scholar and jouster who was one of Richard III’s first victims; and Edward, whose military exploits would win him the admiration of Ferdinand and Isabella.’

From Amazon.co.uk

Further details – Susan Higginbotham

Further details – Amazon.co.uk


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