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New Podcast: Elizabethan power dressing
I recently had the pleasure of being asked to come on as a guest to the Eternal Goddess fashion podcast ‘Beyond the Seams‘ to talk all about the power and politics of Elizabethan dress and what surviving evidence of Elizabeth I’s wardrobe can tell us about how she used it as a tool to influenceContinue reading “New Podcast: Elizabethan power dressing”
Review: Henrietta Maria: Conspirator, Warrior, Phoenix Queen
This new biography by Leanda De Lisle is due to be published on the 4th August in the UK with Chatto & Windus and in the US on 6th September with Pegasus Books (2022) Review by Katie Marshall It is often difficult to hear and truly understand women who lived over 400 years ago, evenContinue reading “Review: Henrietta Maria: Conspirator, Warrior, Phoenix Queen”
Henry Fitzroy: The King’s Other Son
Henry VIII’s quest for a son is well known – it’s the primary reason he had six wives over his lifetime. On 22nd/23nd July 1536, the tragic death of a 17-year-old boy within the walls of St James’ Palace dealt a huge emotional blow. The boy was Henry Fitzroy, the King’s illegitimate, and only, son.Continue reading “Henry Fitzroy: The King’s Other Son”
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