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Book tickets for Leanda de Lisle at the Ryedale Book Festival

Posted on 8th September 2017 by Tamise

Tickets are still available for Leanda de Lisle’s Lady Jane 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 Protestant rivals and cousins still more. The story of the Nine Days queen, Lady Jane Grey and her forgotten sisters, the true heirs Queen Elizabeth, reveal a queen very different from the Elizabeth of legend.

‘Leanda de Lisle brings the story of nine days’ queen, Lady Jane Grey and her forgotten sisters, the rivals of Elizabeth I, to vivid life in her fascinating biography’ – Philippa Gregory’

From Ryedale Book Festival website

Tudor: The Family Story by Leanda de Lisle (Vintage, £8.99)

22 September
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

St Mary’s Priory
Old Malton Road
Malton, YO17 7HB United Kingdom

Tickets £5 – £10

Further details and tickets available from the Ryedale Book Festival website.

Follow @LeandadeLisle and @RyedaleBookFest.

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Books 2017 – on sale today – The Survival of the Princes in the Tower: Murder, Mystery and Myth by Matthew Lewis

Posted on 7th September 2017 by Tamise

7th September 2017 – The Survival of the Princes in the Tower: Murder, Mystery and Myth by Matthew Lewis

‘The murder of the Princes in the Tower is the most famous cold case in English or British history. Traditionally considered victims of a ruthless uncle, there are other suspects too often and too easily discounted. There may be no definitive answer, but by delving into the context of their disappearance and the characters of the suspects Matthew Lewis will examine the motives and opportunities afresh as well as ask a crucial but often overlooked question: what if there was no murder? What if Edward V and his brother Richard, Duke of York survived their uncle’s reign and even that of their brother-in-law Henry VII? There are glimpses of their possible survival and compelling evidence to give weight to those glimpses which is considered alongside the possibility of their deaths to provide a rounded and complete assessment of the most fascinating mystery in history.’

From Amazon.co.uk

Further details – Matt’s History Blog

Further details – Amazon.co.uk

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Books 2017 – on sale now – Amy Robsart: A Life and Its End by Christine Hartweg

Posted on 5th September 2017 by Tamise

4th September – Amy Robsart: A Life and Its End by Christine Hartweg

‘Amy Robsart, the wife of Queen Elizabeth’s favourite Robert Dudley, was found dead at the foot of some stairs at Cumnor, Oxfordshire, on 8 September 1560. Did she fall and break her neck, as the coroner’s jury concluded? Was she ill? Did she jump? Was she pushed? Was she murdered, as many people suspected – at the time and since – and who were the killers? This vivid biography recounts her life and death in the shadow of the Tudor court, using all available documents, some for the first time. There will also for the first time be an in-depth look at the people around her, like her half-brothers, her host, or her supposed killer. The possible causes of her death, accident, suicide, murder, even illness, are discussed in context of surviving evidence, modern statistics, and Renaissance culture. While there will never be a definite answer to the mystery of Amy’s death, her life can be rescued from the myths that have grown around her over the centuries.’

From Amazon.co.uk

Further information – All Things Robert Dudley

Further information – Amazon.co.uk

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Books 2017 – on sale today – The Queen’s Mary by Sarah Gristwood

Posted on 4th September 2017 by Tamise

4th September 2017 – The Queen’s Mary: In the Shadows of Power by Sarah Gristwood

‘In 1548 four little girls, all called Mary, set sail from Scotland for France. Five years old, they are already primed for the work of their lifetime – to serve another little girl called Mary. Mary, Queen of Scots.

Thirteen years later, the five return to an unwelcoming Scotland, and as Queen Mary struggles to take control of her turbulent country, her famous ‘Four Marys’ are at her side.

The queen finds herself set on the path of violence and disaster which will lead eventually to her tragic end. But what of the other four Marys, bound inexorably to their mistress’ fate?

Of the four, it is Mary Seton who serves the queen longest, and whose loyalty is most severely tested. Through a maze of shadows – of treachery and even witchcraft – how can she find her own way ahead?’

From SarahGristwood.com

Further details – Sarah Gristwood.com

Further details – Waterstones