Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide

Competition – Win a copy of The Poison Bed by E C Fremantle – Now closed

Posted on 14th June 2019 by Tamise

‘The Miniaturist meets Gone Girl. Gripping and full of surprises’

BBC History ‘Books of the Year’

The paperback of ‘The Poison Bed’ by E C Fremantle is published in the UK on 27th June by Penguin.

‘Autumn, 1615.

Frances Carr is imprisoned in a cold, lightless room.

She is accused of murder.

In a cell nearby is her co-accused – her husband Robert.

Kept apart, Frances can only tell her side of the story.

How did she come to be here?

Can she somehow prove her innocence?

And what lengths will she go to to save herself?’

Competition

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

Thanks to Penguin, 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 Thursday 27th June.

The five winners will be selected at random.

Good luck!

Read my ‘The Poison Bed’ interview with E C Fremantle.

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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Birkbeck Medieval & Early Modern Reading Group- Discuss Lady Jane – Tuesday 18th June

Posted on 12th June 2019 by Tamise

The Birkbeck Medieval & Early Modern Reading Group will be watching the film Lady Jane and discussing her on Tuesday 18th June.

Or as @JylofBraintford tweeted rather brilliantly!

(c)@JylofBraintford

Further details can be found at: Birkbeck Medieval & Early Modern Reading Group – ‘God and Posterity will Show Me Favour’

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On sale 27th June – The Poison Bed (paperback) by E C Fremantle and the chance to win a copy!

Posted on 6th June 2019 by Tamise

The paperback of ‘The Poison Bed’ by E C Fremantle goes on sale on 27th June.

Described by The Times as ‘A gripping page-turner that will have you awake long into the night. Ingenious’ and believe me, it is, thanks to Penguin, you can win a copy later this month!

‘Autumn, 1615.

From – Amazon.co.uk

Further details – E C Fremantle

Further details – Amazon.co.uk

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Tudor Life Magazine – 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Lady Jane Grey

Posted on 4th June 2019 by Tamise

Members of the Tudor Society can read my article in this month’s issue of Tudor Life Magazine.

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My review of ‘Plantagenet Queens & Consorts: Family, Duty and Power’ by Dr Steven J. Corvi

Posted on 3rd June 2019 by Tamise

Plantagenet Queens lived in the shadow of the role created by Eleanor of Aquitaine. Steven J Corvi’s book includes some of the women who followed Eleanor in wearing the Plantagenet crown but also two who were not queen consorts.

Not every Plantagenet Queen is included in this study, which is a shame, as the greatest strength of this book for me, is how each woman built on the role of her predecessors, how they compared and what they individually brought to their queenship. I found this aspect of the book to be fascinating and it is a pity that there are gaps.

For the missing queens, it would have been interesting to see (even if their queenships were traditional and did not differ greatly), what they individually brought to the role and the challenges they faced. This would then have completed the comparison of how the role of royal consort developed over the centuries.

Thank you to Amberley Publishing for my review copy.