I mentioned this over at the News Board, but wanted to make sure to mention it here as well: The National Gallery in London is holding an amazing exhibit focused on Jane Grey in artwork. To read more about the Jane Grey Exhibit, go here. Also, here’s the link to the exhibit page on the National Portrait Gallery’s site.

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I have found a nice summery of the historical mystery Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey, in which an investigators looks into the murder of The Princes in the Tower. Here’s the link.

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Lady Gwyn has written a review for Kate Emerson’s latest novel in her series Secrets of the Tudor Court: Between Two Queens. She seems to have enjoyed the first book in the series, but not so much this one. Lady Gwyn explains that “The main character, Anne Bassett, annoyed me throughout with her constant assessment of the men around her as marriage material: are they wealthy? do they have land? do they have a title? I understand that women of a certain social rank during this period did look for that in a man but she was so arrogant about it that it really made me dislike her.” Here’s the link to the full review. Warning! It contains spoilers!

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Here’s the link to a nice post about Antonia Fraser and her book The Six Wives of Henry VIII. I personally adore this book (and any other books written by her!). The post features a brief view of the book, as well as some information on other non-fictions books by Fraser.

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Brandy Purdy’s novel Vengeance is Mine has been reviewed over at the At Home With and Good Book and the Cat Blog. The reviewer didn’t give it a very good review, only earning 2/5 stars. The reviewer says that “If you’re looking for a very fictional take on Anne and Henry and don’t care about historical accuracy this might suit as a quick and easy read, but on the other hand this book isn’t going to provide you with anything new on the matter either.” Here’s the link to the full review.

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