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#indieauthor happiest surrounded by books, castles and having a good cup of tea preferably with a large slice of cake in the palace cafeteria . Universal link: https://linktr.ee/Nicola_Harris_Author #KU #hisfic #tudors 📚⏳💙
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26 Nov 1539: Anne of Cleves begins her journey to #England in a 'chariot' with a 'canopied nacelle' #otd

The long trip cost her brother 18,608 gold florins. Luckily for him Henry VIII waived the dowry (St. John's Oxford)
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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#OTD 26 Nov 1533 (some cite 28th)
#HenryFitzroy, acknowledged illegitimate son of #HenryVIII & #BessieBlount married #MaryHoward daughter of #ThomasHoward
The 14yr olds never lived together nor consummated their 3yr marriage

Hear from Bessie on PTLH TV:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#History
#Tudor
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Discover the courage of Princess Mary, youngest sister of King Henry VIII, and step into the world of the Tudors:

mybook.to/MaryTudor

#Tudors #HistoricalFiction
November 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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A for arch.
Looking through the arch in the gatehouse at Charlecote House. Warwickshire at the main house.
#HistoricBuildings
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
#Photography
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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#OTD
25th November 1533
Henry Fitzroy, the Duke of Richmond and Somerset, married Lady Mary Howard, daughter at Hampton Court Palace.

#HenryFitzroy #MaryHoward #DukeofRichmond #DukeofSomerset #DuchessofRichmond #DuchessofSomerset #Tudors #History
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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#TudorTuesday
Portrait of a Woman
1562
Flemish

Inscribed to the left of the sitter: AETATIS SVAE 41. [aged 41]
Inscribed to the right of the sitter: Ao. 1562 [year painted]

In the collection of the Art Institute, Chicago.

#Portrait #Painting #Flemish #Art #ArtHistory #History
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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🔥 Ambition. Loyalty. Betrayal: ‘Essex – Tudor Rebel’ brings to life the gripping true story of Robert Devereux, the charismatic Earl who defied Elizabeth I.

mybook.to/EssexTudorRe...

#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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On 24 November 1487, Queen Elizabeth of York processed from the Tower of London to Westminster Palace on the eve of her coronation.

As she emerged to enter her litter, her train was carried by her sister Cecily.

Read more on IG! @ allthingstudors
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Healing & procession against the plague in 1604 Unknown Flemish Artist (Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Sint-Pieterskerk Gent/ Photographer Dominique Provost/artinflanders.be)
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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24 Nov 1504: St. John Fisher, future Cardinal, consecrated Bishop of #Rochester #otd (StJohn's College Cambridge painting by Paul Hodgson) Executed 22 June 1535
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Brush away the cobwebs on January 1st with a ramble through two thousand years of history and culture in Spitalfields at the heart of old London: www.thegentleauthorstours.com/p/booking
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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24 Nov 1588: In a chariot, with trumpets, Elizabeth I enters St Paul's #London for a thanksgiving service to mark the defeat of the #Spanish Armada #otd (NMM)
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Display tankard, c. 1585, made in the Prague workshops of Emperor Rudolf II (Met Museum)
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Small Ways

The lastest poem from Idle Verse on my Substack page!

open.substack.com/pub/lawrence...
Small Ways
Idle Verse: A Poetry Feature
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November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Good morning BlueSky!! 📚📚💙⏳Today’s Author interview on the Ink Pot is with the fabulous Wendy Johnson. Link: thehistoricalinkpot.blogspot.com/2025/11/gues...

#AuthorInterview #BookBlog #LiteraryTalk #WritingCommunity #AuthorSpotlight #BookLovers #CreativeProcess #Inspiration #LiteratureLovers
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Good morning BlueSky!! 📚📚💙⏳Today’s Author interview on the Ink Pot is with the fabulous Wendy Johnson. Link: thehistoricalinkpot.blogspot.com/2025/11/gues...

#AuthorInterview #BookBlog #LiteraryTalk #WritingCommunity #AuthorSpotlight #BookLovers #CreativeProcess #Inspiration #LiteratureLovers
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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I recommend reading this fascinating MA thesis on The Life and Letters of the Lady Arbella Stuart, by Rowena McCoy: researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/server/api/c... #Stuarts #History
November 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Edward IV, 6ft 4 warrior king, undefeated in war...or the bedroom. His indiscretions with two beautiful Lancastrian widows will threaten his throne.

.99 sale! SECRET MARRIAGES. Edward secretly marries Eleanor Talbot before Elizabeth Woodville #historicalfiction mybook.to/EleanorTalbot

#BookSky📖📚💙
November 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM