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Queen of Bradgate Park Celebrations

Bradgate Park will be celebrating the reign of their nine day Queen, Lady Jane. Free Guided Tours Dates: 8th-16th July Times: 11.30am and 2pm. Cost: Donations welcome. Location: Depart daily from the Visitor Centre. Details: This tour will take you … Continue reading

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Book tickets for Leanda de Lisle at the Ryedale Book Festival

Tickets are now available for Leanda de Lisle’s Tudor talk at the Ryedale Book Festival. ‘Elizabeth I’s rivalry with her Catholic cousin Mary, Queen of Scots is well known. But for her first ten years as queen she feared her … Continue reading

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Leanda de Lisle to give talk at the Ryedale Book Festival

Leanda de Lisle (historian and author of ‘Tudor: The Family Story’, ‘The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey’ and ‘After Elizabeth’) will be giving a talk about the Grey sisters at the … Continue reading

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BBC History Magazine – History Weekend

Leanda de Lisle emailed to say that she is taking part in the BBC History Magazine’s History Weekend in October. The ‘weekend of talks by leading historians and authors’ will take place in Malmesbury from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th … Continue reading

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When Lady Jane Returned Home

There is an article in the Leicester Mercury about a pageant called ‘The Lady Returns’ that was held at Bradgate Park 60 years ago. When Lady Jane returned home

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