Anne Boleyn’s Arrival at the Tower May 1536, by Gayle Hulme
After several sorrowful hours we eventually turn the bend in the river and the four turrets of the White Tower come into view. Up until... Read more
Tag: Historical Fiction
Queen Anne’s Final Journey from Greenwich
The heraldic statues on the pathway down to the privy stairs seem to be stalking my every step on this portentous journey. Their cold, stony... Read more
As Grapes Are Stomped To Wine… (Tribute to Hilary Mantel and WOLF HALL)
_____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ “You may leave now.” I turn, pulling the covers over me and close my eyes. I hear her rummaging to dress. Ten crowns... Read more
“Come, Child.” (Queen Katherine Parr: Died September 5, 1548)
_________________________ Hit “Play” on video and read threat while listening: _________________________ Katherine Parr Seymour: I am so uncomfortable. It is hard to breathe, and my... Read more
“Gentle Wyatt ~ Goodbye ~ Pray For Me!” (Thomas Cromwell, Executed July 28, 1540)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Oh, justice is what you’re threatened with.” ~~Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heresy. Damned to hell for heresy, so the attainder... Read more
I Bend a Knee…
She walks alone. She stands alone. She rules alone. My beautiful Elizabeth, married to England she so tells me. Since Amy died, years I’ve waited,... Read more
And now her time is at an end…
Margaret Beaufort is deep in thought, her beloved son, King Henry VII lies in his coffin. She had devoted her entire life to her son... Read more
The Coronation of Anne Boleyn, Queen of England (Tudor Y Writer’s Group)
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Holbein’s Greatest Masterpiece (Tudor Y Writer’s Group)
______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ King Henry VIII I pace through my chamber like a frustrated lion, caged. I should be hunting, spending time with my sweet Jane.... Read more
Part 2 of Elizabeth Alone, by Llinos Thomas
Having been declared illegitimate, Elizabeth grew up facing an uncertain future. She watched her stepmothers be divorced, beheaded, or die in childbirth. Her father, once... Read more