Review of Wolf Hall, Episode 1.
The long-awaited dramatisation of Hilary Mantel's novel was finally broadcast and I thought that episode one was an impressive start to...
Jane Boleyn's Last Christmas and Henry Parker's New Year Gift
With the exception of 1536, it’s fair to say that Jane Boleyn Lady Rochford had seen a lot better Christmases than that of 1541....
Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford and the Fall of Anne Boleyn
Check out my guest article about Jane Boleyn and the fall of Anne Boleyn on "English Historical Fiction Authors"!...
Review of "George Boleyn: Tudor Poet, Courtier and Diplomat” by Clare Cherry and Claire Ridgway.
If you are interested in the Boleyn Family, you should definitely read this book that charts the rise and fall of Anne’s brother, George...
The Field of the Cloth of Gold, June 1520
On the 7th June 1520, it was the first day of the "The Field of the Cloth of Gold", an historic meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I,...
Jane Boleyn, Henry Parker and Anne Boleyn's coronation, 1533
The 1st June 1533 not only saw Anne Boleyn’s triumph, her Coronation; it was also a triumph for the Parker family, particularly for Jane...
The Trial of George Boleyn, 15th May 1536
On the 15th May 1536, Jane’s husband, George Boleyn, went to his trial in the Tower. Jane would not have been there, but her father Lord...
Alice St.John, mother of Jane Boleyn
Jane Boleyn’s mother was Alice St. John. Alice was the eldest daughter of Sir John St. John of Bletsoe, a first cousin of Henry VII. She...
Jane and the fall of the Boleyn family, May 1536
On the 4th May 1536, Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford sent a message to her husband, George, who was now in the Tower of London. He had been...
The Boleyns and Tudors - "done to death"?
In his review of the Channel 5 documentary “Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History”, Jake Wallis Simon of The Telegraph, said...
