aka Helene Harrison, Author and Historian
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But lived to become King of England? Henry, Duke of Cornwall, was the son of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, born on New Year’s Day 1511. He lived for 52 days before dying on 22 February 1511. This was a huge blow to Henry and Katherine, but there was no reason at that time […]
Something slightly different today in that it’s not Tudor! I often revert to watching true crime when I’m struggling with something, which may be a little weird! This is a documentary that I have seen a number of times because it is quite definitive on the facts of the case. The mystery of who Jack […]
I’m delighted to welcome back the lovely Beverley Adams to my blog and Substack! I have previously done Q&As with Beverley around her books on Lady Jane Grey, Elizabeth of York, and the race for Elizabeth I’s throne, but this time Beverley has moved forward into the Stuart period to discuss Elizabeth Stuart, sister of […]
Publisher: The History Press Period: Tudors Thanks to The History Press for gifting me a copy of this book to review. A new work on Mary Boleyn is long overdue. She is a woman who cries out for more research on her, and a tackling of the myths that have built up around her. So, […]
Today I’m joined on my blog and Substack by Tony Riches, a historical novelist, who has now ventured out of the Tudor period and into the Stuarts, with the first book in his Stuart Queens trilogy, Queen Anna, telling the story of James I’s wife, Anne of Denmark. I asked Tony why he has ventured […]
Answering your questions! I put a call out on Facebook, Instagram, and Substack a few weeks ago to see if there was anything people wanted to know, about history, my research and writing, any of my books. My fourth book, ‘Henry VIII’s Quest for an Heir: The King’s Great Matter’ is out a month today […]
Event – Execution of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex Year – 1540. Location – Tower Hill, London, England. Thomas Cromwell is often blamed for the execution of Anne Boleyn in 1536, and his death is sometimes seen as retribution for those actions. However, the deaths of both Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell can, and […]
Today I welcome Laura Adkins back to my blog. Laura wrote her first post for my blog on the Parr siblings which you can read here. Her first book was Kateryn Parr: Henry VIII’s Sixth Queen (2024) and her most recent release (20 July 2026) is Edward VI’s Lord Chancellor, Richard Rich: Villain or Loyal […]
Publisher: Mountain Leopard Press Period: Tudors Thank you to Mountain Leopard Press and Headline Publishing for gifting me a copy of this for review. Told from the point of view of the painter, Hans Holbein the Younger, this is an imaginative look at the years after Anne Boleyn’s execution when both Holbein and the poet […]
What a whirlwind! I can’t believe today (15 July 2026) marks a whole year since the publication of my last book The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn: Interpreting Image and Perception! This was the book I really wanted to write, built on my undergraduate and master’s dissertations from over a decade ago. I am so […]
