Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide

My Lady Jane earrings have arrived….

Posted on 1st August 2020 by Tamise

My Lady Jane Grey earrings from The Tudor Pearl have arrived!!!

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Competition – Win a copy of ‘The Honey and the Sting’ by E C Fremantle – CLOSED

Posted on 30th July 2020 by Tamise

‘‘The Honey and The Sting is a lush, thrilling page-turner humming with its own exquisite dark beauty. I loved it.’

Eve Chase author of ‘The Glass House’

‘The Honey and the Sting’ by E C Fremantle is published in the UK on 6th August by Michael Joseph.

‘Three sisters
Three secrets
Three ways to fall…

England 1628

Forcibly seduced by the powerful George Villiers, doctor’s daughter Hester is cast aside to raise their illegitimate son alone and in secret, hoping to never see his father again.

Melis’s visions cause disquiet and talk. She sees what others can’t _ and what has yet to be. She’d be denounced as a witch if Hester wasn’t so carefully protective.

Young Hope’s beauty marks her out, drawing unwelcome attention to the family. yet she cannot always resist others’ advances. And her sisters cannot always be on their guard.

When Villiers decides to claim his son against Hester’s wishes, the sisters find themselves almost friendless and at his mercy. But the women hold a grave secret. The question is, will what they know be their undoing or their salvation?

Because in the right hands, a secret is the deadliest weapon of all…’

Competition

To celebrate, the Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide offers you the chance to win a copy of this compelling novel.

Thanks to Michael Joseph, you can win one of 5 copies in a world-wide give-away!

To enter:

Email me at ljgcompetition at yahoo.co.uk. Replace ‘at’ with @.

The competition ends at midnight (UK time) on Wednesday 5th August.

The five winners will be selected at random.

Good luck!

Follow E C Fremantle on Social Media:

E C Fremantle’s website: www.elizabethfremantle.com
Twitter: Elizabeth (EC) Fremantle@lizfremantle
Facebook: Elizabeth Fremantle

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My review of ‘The Honey and the Sting’ by E.C. Fremantle

Posted on 29th July 2020 by Tamise

This is a mesmerising tale of three sisters, Hester, Melis and Hope, who each have their own secrets to hide. Hester, whose son was the result of an attack by the Duke of Buckingham, George Villiers, pretends to be widow, Melis appears to have visions communicated to her by the bees that she keeps and their half-sister Hope, who’s trust in people could lead to their downfall. After taking desperate measures when Villiers demands the return of his son, they are forced to go on the run. Hiding deep in the woods, the house and the bees start to reveal their secrets, leading to tragedy and a daring plan.

Fremantle paints an incredibly detailed picture of the lives of ordinary women, a world away from the Stuart royal court of previous novels. The sisters, Hester’s son Rafe, their allies and enemies are skilfully drawn, as well as their homes, the inns they stay at and the countryside they journey through. The magically descriptive prose pulls you into the 17th century and does not release its grip until the very last page.

Thank you to Michael Joseph for my review copy

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Lady Jane Grey earrings from The Tudor Pearl

Posted on 28th July 2020 by Tamise

Bestselling historian Amy Licence, has launched her Tudor jewellery collection of earrings. You can buy them online at The Tudor Pearl.

The Lady Jane Grey
(c) Tudor Pearl

Included in this collection are The Lady Jane Grey.

‘A tribute to our nine days’ queen: a purple heart for her royal descent, a large silver-grey pearl for her family name, tapering down to two smaller pearls, for youth and innocence. Celebrate her short reign and remember her with these distinctive earrings.’

Amy Licence’s website: Amy Licence
The Tudor Pearl website: The Tudor Pearl
Twitter: @TheTudorPearl1
Facebook: The Tudor Pearl

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Books 2020 – on sale now – An Alternative History of Britain: The Tudors by Timothy Venning (paperback)

Posted on 24th July 2020 by Tamise

‘ Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the Tudor period, though he also strays over into the early Stuart period. As always, he discusses the crucial junctions at which History could easily have taken a different turn and analyses the possible and likely results. While necessarily speculative to a degree, the scenarios are all highly plausible and rooted in a firm understanding of actually events and their context. In so doing, Timothy Venning gives the reader a clearer understanding of the factors at play and why things happened the way they did, as well as a tantalizing view of what might so easily have been different. Key scenarios discussed in this volume include: Did the pretenders Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck ever have a realistic chance of a successful invasion/coup? If Henry Fitzroy, Henry VIIIs illegitimate son, had not died young, might he have been a suitable King or at least Regent on the Kings death? What if Edward VI had not died at 15 but reigned into the 1560s and 70s? How might the Spanish Armada have succeeded in landing an army in England, and with what likely outcome?

From Amazon.co.uk

Further details – Penn and Sword Books

Further details – Amazon.co.uk