Dr Linda Porter
@DrLindaPorter1
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Historian and author of five books on the Tudors and Stuarts. Consultant on BBC series 'Six Wives' and 'The Boleyns'. FRHistS.
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@cpeedell
@AllisonPearson
I wouldn't bother. @
@AllisonPearson
knows well enough. This is just what she does. She's despicable.
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@CburyCathedral
I must confess to not being religious though I think many of us still find peace and awe in our great cathedrals. Perhaps that's why I find this disturbing and incredibly crass. I suspect many others feel the same.
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As a historian of both the Tudors and the Stuarts can I just echo the plea made recently by
@childs_jessie
for TV and film commissioning editors to embrace the tumultuous 17th century. How about a series on the Stuart queens consort?
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Just noticed that
@BBC
is showing the brilliant 1970 series, 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII' again during the coming week. No expensive sets or costumes, just a good script and superb acting. And still head and shoulders above anything else.
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@RSPBEngland
The people ARE the policy and you were quite right. Dismayed that you have climbed down but no doubt pressure was brought to bear.
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@FeryalClark
@ledredman
While your points are well taken it might be an idea to check your grammar more carefully before pressing send. All those apostrophes are a disaster.
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My first book came out when I was 60. My sixth comes out on 20 June. Men write into their 80s. Why shouldn't women? I've always had great support from my publishers.
As someone who got her first 2 book deal at 60, a second 2 book deal at 62 and is about to start writing her 4th book I can tell you it’s never too late. I’ve had nothing but support from Penguin. And we have BIG PLANS for the future. 👀
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@colinwalker79
@horton_official
@AllisonPearson
@Telegraph
If it's by
@AllisonPearson
you can be pretty certain it's rubbish.
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@RishiSunak
And there was me thinking we were up against a party of corrupt, lying, self-serving scoundrels, hell-bent on adding to the vicious destruction they've already inflicted on this country. Your party, Mr Sunak.
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Big spread for my biography of
#MargaretTudor
in today's
@thetimes
. I don't actually think we need to pity Margaret, however. Despite Henry VIII's efforts to belittle and dismiss her, it is Margaret's line that survives to this day.
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Delighted to be writing a full-scale biography of Margaret Tudor for
@HoZ_Books
. Margaret's dramatic life and ongoing rivalry with her brother, Henry VIII, make a great story.
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Death of Katherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII, at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, otd in 1548. Katherine, who married her fourth husband, Thomas Seymour the previous year, died of puerperal fever, six days after giving birth to her daughter, Mary.
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Author copies have just arrived. Thanks to everyone
@HoZ_Books
for making it look so splendid. Hopefully readers will find the contents equally compelling.
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A thoroughly enjoyable, if rather chilly, afternoon filming at Hampton Court with the wonderful
@sixteenthCgirl
.
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@_HowSweetItIs__
I would urge anyone to be very, very careful and not to swallow all this hype. CBD lowers my blood pressure so much that I feel dizzy and exhausted and it gives me severe headaches. If you are on any prescription medicine, avoid.
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@SarahPinborough
If you think it doesn't go on beyond the age of 55 you're in for a big disappointment.
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@amandajplatell
And just whose fault is it that 4 million Brits live in food poverty, I wonder? The hypocrisy of this woman is breathtaking.
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Today is the 508th anniversary of Mary I's birth. You can still buy this, my first book.
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@BBCR4Feedback
@BBCRadio4
Various reasons. Young people aren't interested, right-wingers won't listen and the rest of us are fed up with it being a vehicle for Tory propaganda. Oh, and get rid of the inane 'music' track which is supposed to make news 'relatable'.
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I suspect many historians will agree with the sentiments of this letter. Young scholars desperate to get published will identify with its message. There is a difference between elitism and expertise.
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My latest fashion accessory is proof that it's not a good idea to miss the bottom step on the stairs and fracture your 5th metatarsal. Many thanks to the staff of Sevenoaks Hospital's Urgent Treatment Centre for sorting me out this morning.
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In anticipation of International Women's Day on 8 March, here are three of my books. Two more will follow on the day itself.
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Justca few chapters in and I'm already hooked by this elegantly written and expertly researched biography of James VI and I. It casts new light on one of Britain's most underrated monarchs. Highly recommended.
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Today is the anniversary of the battle of Flodden, which saw the slaughter of the flower of Scottish nobility and the death of James IV, the last - and, for me - the greatest king of medieval Scotland. Read about it in my book on the rivalry between the Tudors and the Stewarts.
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Happy Birthday to Margaret Tudor, born OTD in 1489. And to help her celebrate, here is the beautiful cover of my new biography, out on 6 June, 2024 with
@HoZ_Books
. Pre-order here
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On the afternoon of 9 September, 510 years ago, James IV of Scotland, a great Renaissance king, died fighting bravely amid the carnage of the battle of Flodden. His 17 month-old son succeeded as James V and his wife,
#MargaretTudor
, became regent.
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@hannahrosewoods
These hard-working and committed young women are the future of medicine in the UK. The charmless Dr Peter Hilton is, thankfully, part of its past
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It really IS publication day in the UK and the US for 'The Thistle And The Rose', my biography of Margaret Tudor, a different take on the dramatic life of an overlooked queen. With apologies for jumping the gun last week!
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@grantshapps
@JustStop_Oil
Rubbish. You're pressing ahead because you only care about clinging on to power. You have no care for the future of our children. You are despicable. Whatever reservations there might be about
@JustStop_Oil
' s methods, they are right.
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@SalfordMe2023
What a strange name she has. I think they must have left a letter out. Surely she's really called 'Malign'?
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@Keir_Starmer
No,you can't make it work and you know it. And you've just lost an awful lot of votes.
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Delighted to reveal that my latest book, 'Mistresses: sex and scandal at the court of Charles II', will be the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, starting Monday, 26 July, at 0945 and, of course, on BBC Sounds. Read by the marvellous Rachael Stirling.
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Taken just now in my garden, holding Mickey Mayhew's book on the dark side of Tudor England.
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Fingers crossed that she stays in the UK.
Tonight is the night that Katherine Parr is offered at
@Sothebys
- how much will she fetch, and where will she go? The whole sale is live streamed for free on the website, join us to find out!
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Two months till publication day. I'll be posting details next month of where you can hear me talk about Margaret.
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Since everyone seems to be getting in on the 'if you like After Elizabeth' act presumably it's ok to mention that there are non-fiction books that cover this period in an accessible and accurate way,such as the bios by myself and
@ENortonHistory
.
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England's first queen regnant, Mary, is declared queen by a divided Privy Council in the in the afternoon of 19 July, 1553. Despite important research by
@samsonaws
,
@jo_strong_
,
@PStiffell
and
@thetudortimes
, to the general public she is still Bloody Mary.
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This is Millie, my daughter's beautiful eight and a half year-old Springer spaniel. She is going through a difficult and prolonged period of ill-health at the moment, with a major operation next week. Please send positive thoughts. She is a very brave dog.
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Simply irreplaceable. And heartbreaking that he should leave us just two days before his superb novels finally appear on film.
So sad to learn of the death of the brilliant C. J. Sansom. It doesn’t seem possible that it was twenty-one years ago that his brilliant lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake swept into my life. I’ve spent immeasurable blissful hours lost in his works. Rest in power, Chris.
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Good morning to everyone following
#HistoryWritersDay22
. I'll be tweeting about my books today and tomorrow. Please note I don't sell them myself. Here's my first, a revisionist biography of Mary 1 that came out 15 years ago!
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Just back from the first visit in 15 months to one of my local stately homes. The grounds at
@hevercastle
look so beautiful I almost cried. Will be using my season ticket a lot this year, hopefully.
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Just about to start writing about Margaret Tudor's second husband and have been delving into his family background. My goodness, what a story it is. The Black Douglas and the Red Douglas make Game of Thrones look tame.
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I've always loved the guinea pig in this portrait.
Portrait of three children, artist unknown, circa 1580.
@NPGLondon
#TheTudors
#TudorHistory
#TudorDynasty
#Tudors
#TudorPaintings
#TudorPortraits
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Wonderful morning at
@hevercastle
visiting the superb Catherine and Anne exhibition. So many thanks to
@DrOwenEmmerson
,
@kateemccaffrey
and
@Alipalmer1979
for showing us around. Hever immaculately presented, as always.
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It's World Book Day so here's a reminder that my next one is out on 20 June.
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Currently working through the copy-editor's very helpful comments on my next book, ' The Thistle and the Rose: the extraordinary life of Margaret Tudor', published by HOZ Books on 6 June,2024. Cover reveal soon.
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I was one of the consultants in the early stages of this programme. No idea how it turned out, but what the hell have they done with Charles II's hair?!
Looking forward to 'Royal Kill List', a three-part documentary-drama that follows King Charles II as he seeks revenge on his father’s killers. On tonight at 9pm on Sky HISTORY
@HISTORYUK
#Stuarts
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Back home after a trip by ambulance to the hospital at Pembury. With thanks to fantastic paramedics Andrea and Susie and the doctors and nurses who saw me. Our NHS is wonderful. I despise our vile government for trying to destroy it.
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Spotted today
@Hatchards
by my fellow-historian
@NicolaTallis
. How lovely that our books are side-by-side.
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French historian Cedric Michon's biography of Henry VIII is published next month on kindle. Always good to remind ourselves that the Tudor period isn't solely owned by English-speaking historians.
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@NicholasMilton
@Love_plants
@ChrisGPackham
@Shitlawns
Your front garden looks lovely. The neighbour's looks what it is - plastic. Tell anyone who asks that it's' no-mow May'.
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Isn't it tiresome when you see something from one of your books lifted almost word for word and reproduced as the writer's own article on a Facebook page group, without any acknowledgement of the source?
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Anyone who has visited Holyrood House will have been struck by the very small dining room in which this incident began and the terror those present must have felt.
#OTD
1566 armed men broke into chamber at Holyrood House where the pregnant Mary, Queen of Scots was dining with her half-sister, dragged the Queen’s secretary, Riccio from the room & murdered him. The Queen’s half-brother Moray had been party to the plot
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My overview of the life and reign of Mary Queen of Scots is now on BBC History Extra:
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Today is publication day! I'll be speaking about Margaret at Southwark Cathedral, 22 June, Warwick Castle, 22 July,
@GlosHistFest
19 September,
@ilkleylitfest
, 12 October, Guildford Book Festival 16 October, Caterham History Festival, 16 November.
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First tweet of the day for
#HistoryWritersDay22
. This was my first venture into the Stuart era. Despite lovely comments from
@cspencer1508
and
@sarahgristwood
it didn't do as well as I'd hoped but has attracted more interest recently.
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The first line of this is enough to upset today's Marian scholars. 'Aka Bloody Mary'. Can we PLEASE stop this!
#OnThisDay
in 1553, Mary I was crowned. The queen’s coronation made her the first female monarch to reign over England in her own right…
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Let's hear it for Catherine of Braganza, a queen who is finally attracting attention from some of our excellent young scholars.
🚨 📣NEW EPISODE!🚨 📣We welcome
@DrLindaPorter1
to rage that Catherine of Braganza is not some weeping wet cast aside wife. Her and Charles had a very complex relationship
🎧
#stuart
#charlesii
#history
#podcast
#queen
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My cousin had a stroke on Wednesday and was rushed into hospital in Bristol, where he received superb treatment. As he points out, in the US it would have bankrupted him. Never give up the fight to save our NHS.
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Honoured to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Many thanks to
@Tudorgentleman
for supporting my application. My thesis supervisor, the amazing Prof Gwyn Williams would, I think be proud. Long live the University of York!
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Mary Queen of Scots, still too often represented as a hapless ninny, was born otd in 1542. My book, which delved into her backstory to give, I hope, a more rounded picture,was first published in 2013.
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Death of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots, otd in 1541 at Methven Castle, near Perth. Born in 1541, she had been married three times and was a doughty survivor and major player in Anglo-Scottish relations.
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Just arrived and looking forward to reading about this important topic.
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Just received my handsome copy of
@SocialHistoryOx
's new book. Review coming on
@tonyriches
' blog later this month.
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On International Women's Day, how about remembering some of the redoubtable ladies who shared the rumpled bed of Charles II? Every bit as fascinating as the Six Wives of Henry VIII. Indeed, some would say more so!
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One of the great pleasures of crossing northern France to visit our family in Switzerland is seeing the sublime cathedral at Reims at sunset.
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Quick reminder that 'Mistresses ' is
@BBCRadio4
Book of the Week this week at O945 BST and also on BBC Sounds.
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She certainly was. But though the Bloody Mary trope has been challenged in recent years we're now seeing the 'sad little woman' trope replacing it. A recent Instagram post claimed Mary 'died in misery'. Enough of this Victorian sentimentalism.
9th July 1553 the battle for England’s Crown begins. Jane Grey was summoned by her father. Yet unbeknownst to him, England already had a queen. A queen beloved by her people & called mother. Mary was ready…
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In a sign that Tudor historians still have a lot of work to do, the answer to 4d in today's
@guardian
quick crossword is 'Bloody', as in 'Mary Queen of England, 1553-1558'. I despair.
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Katherine Parr,6th wife of Henry VIII, d. otd. It is a popular misconception that she married Henry with a reforming Protestant agenda and that she became his nurse. Her interest in new ideas was probably encouraged by Cranmer.
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Bored by the six wives of Henry VIII? Not obsessed by Anne Boleyn? Then join
@LeandadeLisle
,
@childs_jessie
,
@MirandaMalins
and myself in a day of talks
@Southwarkcathed
on 20 May. We'll introduce you to the Great Ladies of the Civil Wars and Restoration.
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Just three months today till the publication of my biography of
#MargaretTudor
. Pre-order at or Amazon.
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Hortense Mancini was Charles II's last mistress. The Italian-born Hortense, beautiful, flamboyant and unconventional was the niece of Cardinal Mazarin and one of the great celebrities of her day.
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Just three months to go until I'm joined by
@thetudortimes
,
@ScrutinEye
and
@breeze_barrington
for a day of talks on the Stuarts and their children on Saturday, 25 November at Southwark Cathedral Booking via cathedral website
@Southwarkcathed
.
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My biography of this much- maligned Queen is written and should be published in 2024.
#OTD
in 1528, Margaret Tudor, sister of Henry VIII and widow of King James IV of Scotland, married for a third time. She married Henry Stewart, who'd served her son, James V, as master carver and master of the artillery. It was not a happy marriage...
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A great morning yesterday filming with the amazing
@sixteenthCgirl
at beautiful
@MichelhamPriory
.
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You may be the only dissenting voice in the documentary, Nathan, but many historians will agree with you.
I am quoted in today's Times newspaper as a "dissenting voice" ⤵️
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Very privileged to be one of a small group who had a private showing this evening. It's fabulous and a great achievement.
The Boleyn Apartment at
@hevercastle
opens today! I am incredibly proud of this new permanent exhibit in the castle - the re-design and re-furbishment of 4 rooms, which were once the private living rooms of the Boleyn family, who made Hever their primary residence.
#anneboleyn
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This beauty just arrived in the post. It's an important contribution to queenship studies and I'm sure it will be widely admired and consulted. Congratulations to
@NicolaTallis
.
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More on this in my biography of Margaret, out next June.
Wishing a happy 520th wedding anniversary to King James IV of Scotland & his wife Margaret Tudor. 👑💒👑 (That's their in-person wedding btw, there'd been a betrothal and a proxy wedding ahead of this).
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Absolutely true.
Tonight’s episode of Queens That Changed The World features a woman who is too often overlooked. There was so much more to Queen Anne than her 17 pregnancies. Tune in at 7.15pm BST tonight
@Channel4
to find out more
@woodcutmedia
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One of my favourites is the under-appreciated Margaret Tudor. I'll be speaking about her at the September Gloucester History Festival (date to be confirmed).
Welcome to March! It's an especially wonderful month because it's
#WomenInHistory
month! Week 1: Who are your favourite Woman in Royal History? Comment below with your suggestions and why.
@drjaninaramirez
@bettanyhughes
@nicolatallis
@sixteenthCgirl
@VisitGloucester
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I so enjoyed recording this podcast with
@sixteenthCgirl
, who always asks such thoughtful, probing questions. Hope everyone will enjoy listening. The book comes out on 20 June.
Margaret Tudor - sister to Henry VIII - is perhaps the most underestimated Tudor queen. Her statecraft enabled her to survive her husband's early death and construct a powerful Scottish monarchy. Today
@sixteenthCgirl
finds out more from
@DrLindaPorter1
:
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone. This is a scene from a winter walk taken by my family in Switzerland a couple of days ago.
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My grandmother, Alice Mary Brown, nee Cobley, born on 7 June 1885, in the village of Black Dog, near Crediton, in Devon. Her husband, Arthur Brown, was from Leeds. He was blinded at the Somme and they met through the St Dunstans charity.
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After a gap of nearly a decade, I've just written again about the battle of Flodden. And it still makes me cry.
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The coronation portrait of William III and Mary II. They were crowned on this day in 1689, as joint monarchs, though Mary would cede executive power to her husband.
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This is so true. It's what happens when someone with wide media access confuses an interest with something that has become an obsession, with no real understanding of historical analysis.
Shocker: Philippa Langley’s latest does not in fact contain proof of Richard III’s innocence. The main issue is how to read the evidence. She and the Ricardians are looking for “proof” and can never acknowledge ambiguity.
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I hope readers will find this thought-provoking. I don't have any easy answers but I'm concerned that academic publishing, on which many young scholars depend at the start of their careers, desperately needs to find a new pricing model.
Lead story in Historia:
@DrLindaPorter1
reviews a new and timely book about the later Stuart queens.
This is an important and interesting collection of essays, she says — but how many will be able to afford to read it?
#KeepItStuart
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Here's my most recent book.
Hear ye! 'Tis time for
#StuartSaturday
! As we're now in December, and people may be looking to buy gifts for friends and family, please share your* Stuart-era book (any genre), music album, etc. Let's support fellow creators! Here's my reference book, niche but handy, from 2020:
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Polite request: please refer to her as Mary I.
#OTD
28th September 1553
Mary Tudor, eldest daughter of King Henry VIII, made her way by barge to The Tower of London in preparation for her coronation. Accompanying Mary, was her half-sister, Elizabeth Tudor.
#MaryI
#QueenMaryI
#QueenRegnant
#QueenofEngland
#Tudors
#History
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I am delighted to have a copy of this important book but, my goodness, it is expensive! Given that libraries have tight budgets these days, academic publishers really need to re-think their pricing policies, or no one will read the work of young scholars.
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Another super review for 'The Thistle And The Rose' in today's
@MailOnline
and in the print edition. So pleased, but mostly that
#MargaretTudor
is, at last, getting her due.
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