‘Famous Last Words: Confessions, Humour and Bravery of the Departing’ by Chris Wood added to the General Works section of the bibliography.
Entries added to the following:
Art – Paintings – Delaroche
Writings of Lady Jane Grey – Speech from Scaffold.
To celebrate 20 years of my website, I am running a 9 Day Giveaway on key dates throughout the year that relate to Lady Jane.
7th September 1548 – Jane is chief mourner at the funeral of Dowager Queen Katherine Parr at Sudeley Castle
On day 8 of the giveaway you have a chance to win a paperback copy of, ‘Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery’ by Eirc Ives in a world-wide giveaway!
‘Lady Jane Grey, is one of the most elusive and tragic characters in English history.
In July 1553 the death of the childless Edward VI threw the Tudor dynasty into crisis. On Edward’s instructions his cousin Jane Grey was proclaimed queen, only to be ousted 13 days later by his illegitimate half sister Mary and later beheaded. In this radical reassessment, Eric Ives rejects traditional portraits of Jane both as hapless victim of political intrigue or Protestant martyr. Instead he presents her as an accomplished young woman with a fierce personal integrity. The result is a compelling dissection by a master historian and storyteller of one of history’s most shocking injustices.’
To enter the competition
Email me at Ljgcompetition at yahoo.co.uk. Replace ‘at’ with @. Put Day 8 in the Subject line.
The competition ends at midnight (UK time) on Tuesday 21st September.
The winner will be selected at random.
Good luck!
To celebrate 20 years of my website, I am running a 9 Day Giveaway on key dates throughout the year that relate to Lady Jane.
On day 6 of the giveaway you can win a Lady Jane Grey Christmas tree ornament by Of Kings and Queens in a world-wide giveaway!
This competition should have been held on July 19th to mark the anniversary of the end of the reign of Queen Jane.
To enter the competition
Email me at Ljgcompetition at yahoo.co.uk. Replace ‘at’ with @. Put Day 6 in the Subject line.
The competition ends at midnight (UK time) on Thursday 16th August.
The winner will be selected at random.
Good luck!
The paperback of ‘The Honey and the Sting’ by E C Fremantle was published in August.
Here is my 2020 interview with Elizabeth.
‘Traditionally history is cerebral: what did they believe, what did they think, what did they know?
Woodsmoke and Sage is not a traditional book.
Using the five senses, historian Amy Licence presents a new perspective on the material culture of the past, exploring the Tudors’ relationship with the fabric of their existence, from the clothes on their backs, the roofs over their heads and the food on their tables, to the wider questions of how they interpreted and presented themselves, and what they believed about life, death and beyond. Take a journey back 500 years and experience the sixteenth century the way it was lived, through sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.’
Further details – The History Press
Further details – Amazon.co.uk
