Nathen Amin ✒️📚
@nathenamin.bsky.social
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society • HWA Book judge • Son of Prophecy: The Rise of Henry Tudor https://amzn.to/4e499k9 • A Chronicle of Dragon & Cats https://bit.ly/48klsaQ • Events & Talks https://linktr.ee/nathenamin • Welsh-Kashmiri
Ok birthday is done.
Now it's Christmas.
LFG 🎄🎄🎄
Now it's Christmas.
LFG 🎄🎄🎄
November 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Ok birthday is done.
Now it's Christmas.
LFG 🎄🎄🎄
Now it's Christmas.
LFG 🎄🎄🎄
Tropical birthday cocktails with a clear terrace view of the Tower of London is the right way to celebrate 40, in my opinion.
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Tropical birthday cocktails with a clear terrace view of the Tower of London is the right way to celebrate 40, in my opinion.
Today is my 40th birthday. But it's also the anniversary of Prince Arthur's marriage to Katherine of Aragon, the match that heralded the dawn of a second Arthurian golden age. Below, I look at this remarkable union between the Houses of Tudor and Trastamara.
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nathenamin.substack.com/p/the-tudor-...
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today is my 40th birthday. But it's also the anniversary of Prince Arthur's marriage to Katherine of Aragon, the match that heralded the dawn of a second Arthurian golden age. Below, I look at this remarkable union between the Houses of Tudor and Trastamara.
nathenamin.substack.com/p/the-tudor-...
nathenamin.substack.com/p/the-tudor-...
"odious offences" just doesn't hit the same coming after "homicides and murders, in shedding of infants blood". What odious offences do you think Richard III did that Henry VII's first parliament couldn't even mention? I reckon not using a coaster for his morning coffee on the new dining table 😡
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"odious offences" just doesn't hit the same coming after "homicides and murders, in shedding of infants blood". What odious offences do you think Richard III did that Henry VII's first parliament couldn't even mention? I reckon not using a coaster for his morning coffee on the new dining table 😡
What a huge thrill it was to debut my new talk 'Henry VII: Power and Propaganda' to a crowd of more than 220 people for Westminster Abbey. I'm told it's their record turnout!
Don't let anyone tell you Henry isn't one cool (or crafty, for that matter) king. Hardwork pays off 😁🫡.
Don't let anyone tell you Henry isn't one cool (or crafty, for that matter) king. Hardwork pays off 😁🫡.
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
What a huge thrill it was to debut my new talk 'Henry VII: Power and Propaganda' to a crowd of more than 220 people for Westminster Abbey. I'm told it's their record turnout!
Don't let anyone tell you Henry isn't one cool (or crafty, for that matter) king. Hardwork pays off 😁🫡.
Don't let anyone tell you Henry isn't one cool (or crafty, for that matter) king. Hardwork pays off 😁🫡.
Long before Edmund Beaufort and Richard of York became sworn enemies, they were young men working together trying to rescue England's weakening position in France. Today I look at the 1436 Siege of Calais when Beaufort made his military reputation and became an English hero. 🔗👆🏾
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Long before Edmund Beaufort and Richard of York became sworn enemies, they were young men working together trying to rescue England's weakening position in France. Today I look at the 1436 Siege of Calais when Beaufort made his military reputation and became an English hero. 🔗👆🏾
Tomorrow's newsletter is written. In your inboxes first thing as usual. This is my 110th post I believe. History is FUN and there's so much to say.
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Tomorrow's newsletter is written. In your inboxes first thing as usual. This is my 110th post I believe. History is FUN and there's so much to say.
Pleased to report my talk on Wednesday for Westminster Abbey is sold out. This is a brand new talk looking at the shadier aspect of Henry VII and his desperation as a usurper to control the narrative.
Hopefully I'll get more bookings to take it on the road next year.
Hopefully I'll get more bookings to take it on the road next year.
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Pleased to report my talk on Wednesday for Westminster Abbey is sold out. This is a brand new talk looking at the shadier aspect of Henry VII and his desperation as a usurper to control the narrative.
Hopefully I'll get more bookings to take it on the road next year.
Hopefully I'll get more bookings to take it on the road next year.
Henry VII's gold sovereign, a token of power and wealth, potent political and dynastic propaganda in the pocket. This Wednesday afternoon, come to Westminster Abbey to learn more.
Tickets: www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events...
Tickets: www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events...
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Henry VII's gold sovereign, a token of power and wealth, potent political and dynastic propaganda in the pocket. This Wednesday afternoon, come to Westminster Abbey to learn more.
Tickets: www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events...
Tickets: www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-events...
#OTD, we remember Mary Jane Kelly, so brutally murdered in 1888. She, like all the Whitechapel Murder victims, are respectfully remembered in death still.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#OTD, we remember Mary Jane Kelly, so brutally murdered in 1888. She, like all the Whitechapel Murder victims, are respectfully remembered in death still.
nathenamin.substack.com/p/rememberin...
nathenamin.substack.com/p/rememberin...
Sitting in a pub looking to complete my new talk on the Propaganda of Henry VII. I'll look at the illusory truth effect, how the more someone is exposed to a message, the more they believe it to be true. And Henry had a message he wanted spread.
And yes, I have a gingerbread man
And yes, I have a gingerbread man
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Sitting in a pub looking to complete my new talk on the Propaganda of Henry VII. I'll look at the illusory truth effect, how the more someone is exposed to a message, the more they believe it to be true. And Henry had a message he wanted spread.
And yes, I have a gingerbread man
And yes, I have a gingerbread man
Meddyglyn (from the Welsh for healing and and liquor) is a traditional spiced mead with nutmeg and cinnamon that Henry VII was fond of. Every year, he paid Rhys ap Thomas to bring him barrels out of Wales. I suppose we never forget the tastes of our childhood.
Anyway, Iechyd Da! (or Good Health!)
Anyway, Iechyd Da! (or Good Health!)
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Meddyglyn (from the Welsh for healing and and liquor) is a traditional spiced mead with nutmeg and cinnamon that Henry VII was fond of. Every year, he paid Rhys ap Thomas to bring him barrels out of Wales. I suppose we never forget the tastes of our childhood.
Anyway, Iechyd Da! (or Good Health!)
Anyway, Iechyd Da! (or Good Health!)
👨⚖️ OTD 1485, the First Tudor Parliament Opened, with the new king, Henry VII, seated upon his throne. Among the order of business was Henry's claim to the throne, the status of his intended bride and the Princes in the Tower, and the attainder of Richard III. To learn more, head to my newsletter
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
👨⚖️ OTD 1485, the First Tudor Parliament Opened, with the new king, Henry VII, seated upon his throne. Among the order of business was Henry's claim to the throne, the status of his intended bride and the Princes in the Tower, and the attainder of Richard III. To learn more, head to my newsletter
🎁 Christmas is coming, and if you need gift inspiration, how about a ticket to our WARS OF THE ROSES online course, which runs in January. A few hundred joined us earlier this year our Tudors course so we are expecting this one to sell fast once we begin properly promoting.
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🎁 Christmas is coming, and if you need gift inspiration, how about a ticket to our WARS OF THE ROSES online course, which runs in January. A few hundred joined us earlier this year our Tudors course so we are expecting this one to sell fast once we begin properly promoting.
Value your historians and support their written work, because AI is coming for us 😬.
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Value your historians and support their written work, because AI is coming for us 😬.
⛪ St Margaret's Church, in the grounds of Westminster Abbey, was completely rebuilt on Henry VII's orders, and is regarded as London's last Pre-Reformation Church.
👨🏾🏫 On Wed 12 November, I present my brand new talk there 'Henry VII: Propaganda and Power". Tickets: NathenAmin.com
👨🏾🏫 On Wed 12 November, I present my brand new talk there 'Henry VII: Propaganda and Power". Tickets: NathenAmin.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
⛪ St Margaret's Church, in the grounds of Westminster Abbey, was completely rebuilt on Henry VII's orders, and is regarded as London's last Pre-Reformation Church.
👨🏾🏫 On Wed 12 November, I present my brand new talk there 'Henry VII: Propaganda and Power". Tickets: NathenAmin.com
👨🏾🏫 On Wed 12 November, I present my brand new talk there 'Henry VII: Propaganda and Power". Tickets: NathenAmin.com
#OTD 1456 Edmund Tudor, husband of Margaret Beaufort, father to Henry VII, died in Carmarthen. History suggests Edmund died of plague, but I think, considering the circumstances, there is good reason to suggest something more sinister. Read on:
nathenamin.substack.com/p/edmund-tud...
nathenamin.substack.com/p/edmund-tud...
November 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
#OTD 1456 Edmund Tudor, husband of Margaret Beaufort, father to Henry VII, died in Carmarthen. History suggests Edmund died of plague, but I think, considering the circumstances, there is good reason to suggest something more sinister. Read on:
nathenamin.substack.com/p/edmund-tud...
nathenamin.substack.com/p/edmund-tud...
November is here, and aside from turning 40 this month (😬) I have my final three events of a very busy year. I'll be speaking on Tudor Propaganda in London, the March to Bosworth in Lichfield, and Richard III and Princes in the Tower in Bosworth. Tickets here: NathenAmin.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
November is here, and aside from turning 40 this month (😬) I have my final three events of a very busy year. I'll be speaking on Tudor Propaganda in London, the March to Bosworth in Lichfield, and Richard III and Princes in the Tower in Bosworth. Tickets here: NathenAmin.com
#OTD 1485, the Welshman Henry VII was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey, a solemn and public confirmation of his right to kingship after his blazing victory at Bosworth Field two months earlier. It heralded the dawn of the Tudor dynasty, changing the face of England forever.
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#OTD 1485, the Welshman Henry VII was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey, a solemn and public confirmation of his right to kingship after his blazing victory at Bosworth Field two months earlier. It heralded the dawn of the Tudor dynasty, changing the face of England forever.
Looking ahead to my next talk 'Henry VII: Power and Propaganda' for Westminster Abbey on 12 November, I think how he employed ancestral imagery in an architectural setting to promote his dynasty's standing. Take Prince Arthur's chantry, for example, a masterclass in messaging.
🎟️: NathenAmin.com
🎟️: NathenAmin.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Looking ahead to my next talk 'Henry VII: Power and Propaganda' for Westminster Abbey on 12 November, I think how he employed ancestral imagery in an architectural setting to promote his dynasty's standing. Take Prince Arthur's chantry, for example, a masterclass in messaging.
🎟️: NathenAmin.com
🎟️: NathenAmin.com
Who doesn't love a Tudor or Yorkist Christmas decoration? Well, thanks to Plantagenet Prints, you now have a range of deccies to order as well as many other gift ideas. Check out their store at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Plan...
October 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Who doesn't love a Tudor or Yorkist Christmas decoration? Well, thanks to Plantagenet Prints, you now have a range of deccies to order as well as many other gift ideas. Check out their store at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Plan...
This Christmas, learn the tragic story of the THIRD Yorkist Prince in the Tower, Edward, Earl of Warwick. It's an unhappy tale for a boy doomed by the cruel ambitions of the men around him. Discover more in 'Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders', available in paperback now.
October 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This Christmas, learn the tragic story of the THIRD Yorkist Prince in the Tower, Edward, Earl of Warwick. It's an unhappy tale for a boy doomed by the cruel ambitions of the men around him. Discover more in 'Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders', available in paperback now.
#OTD 1401, Katherine de Valois was born in Hôtel Saint-Pol, Paris. You can discover more about her remarkable and hugely consequential marriage to Owen Tudor, their life, children and respective tragic ends, in 'Son of Prophecy', a BBC History Magazine 2024 Book of the Year. Available worldwide now.
October 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
#OTD 1401, Katherine de Valois was born in Hôtel Saint-Pol, Paris. You can discover more about her remarkable and hugely consequential marriage to Owen Tudor, their life, children and respective tragic ends, in 'Son of Prophecy', a BBC History Magazine 2024 Book of the Year. Available worldwide now.
Enjoyed tonight's Talking Tudors Patreon chat with the excellent Natalie Grueninger. I'm in a hotel room and had to use my beer cans as a laptop stand. Another peek behind the historian curtain for you 😂
October 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Enjoyed tonight's Talking Tudors Patreon chat with the excellent Natalie Grueninger. I'm in a hotel room and had to use my beer cans as a laptop stand. Another peek behind the historian curtain for you 😂
I've now given 130 public talks on some of the biggest stages about the period I write about, with 30 alone this year, and we're not done yet.
To see where I'm speaking next, visit NathenAmin.com - and to discuss a booking, use the contact form.
History should be accessible to all, and fun.
To see where I'm speaking next, visit NathenAmin.com - and to discuss a booking, use the contact form.
History should be accessible to all, and fun.
October 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I've now given 130 public talks on some of the biggest stages about the period I write about, with 30 alone this year, and we're not done yet.
To see where I'm speaking next, visit NathenAmin.com - and to discuss a booking, use the contact form.
History should be accessible to all, and fun.
To see where I'm speaking next, visit NathenAmin.com - and to discuss a booking, use the contact form.
History should be accessible to all, and fun.