Medieval Stained Glass – To tempt an artist by Toni Mount

1 year ago Author: Claire Ridgway

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A warm Tudor Society welcome to historian and author Toni Mount and huge congratulations to her on the forthcoming release of her tenth Seb Foxley medieval murder mystery, a series I adore.

Toni is sharing a guest article with us to celebrate the publication of The Colour of Rubies…

In my tenth and latest Seb Foxley medieval murder mystery, The Colour of Rubies, the story requires our hero to go to Westminster Palace in order to discover a dead body – what else! Those familiar with my scribe/artist/sleuth will know that colour means everything to Seb so what better reason could he have for going to the royal palace with his brother, Jude, than to admire the beautiful stained glass in the Chapel of St Stephen?

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Teasel’s Tudor Trivia – Books on the Tudor Kings and Queens

2 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway

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In this latest edition of Teasel’s Tudor Trivia, Tudor experts, historian Claire Ridgway and her researcher, Teasel the rescue dog, introduce their top picks for non-fiction books on the Tudor kings and queens.

The books featured are all excellent reads and are well-referenced – perfect for those just wanting to know more about the monarch or those who are using them for research.

Please do share in the comments if you have a favourite book on the Tudor monarchs.

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Claire’s birthday and presents for you!

3 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway

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On this day in history, 11th February 1971, our founder Claire Ridgway was born, meaning that she’s celebrating her 50th birthday! And she’s celebrating by doing some kindle countdown deals for 9 of her books!

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Books to put on your list

4 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway

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Friends have been panicking me by saying that they’ve already started Christmas shopping – aaaggghhh! – and this inspired me to think about books that I would like for Christmas or that I’d recommend to other Tudor history lovers. I thought I’d talk about some of them in this week’s Claire Chats. These are just ones that I’ve enjoyed or that have piqued my interest, so please do add your recommendations or ones that you’re looking forward to receiving/buying as comments below. Thank you!

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Best Books about the Tudors

5 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway

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If you haven’t got much room, or much money, or much time, or you’re just starting out with building your Tudor book collection, what books should be on your “to buy” or “to borrow” list? In today’s Claire Chats video talk, I share my recommendations.

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Summer reading recommendations for Tudor history lovers

5 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway

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I’m just about to go on holiday so I’ve been busy putting books on my trusty kindle and it inspired me to share with you some recent Tudor history books, both fiction and non-fiction, and also some series to get stuck into.

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Recent and forthcoming Tudor history books

6 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway

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In this week’s Claire Chats I share details on a new book I’ve just received in the post and look at some of the Tudor-linked history books that have just been released or are due out soon. Quite a few of these are going on my Christmas list!

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Members’ book recommendations

6 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway

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Thank you so much to those of you who completed our recent survey about Tudor books.

We already have recommended reading lists for Tudor monarchs and various Tudor topics – see the Recommended Reading category, but I thought it would be good to make a list of books that Tudor Society members would recommend, and here it is. Please do leave a comment if you’d like to recommend some books and I can then add them to the list – thank you!

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Tudor Books Survey

6 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway

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Following on from our recent live chat on the Tudors on TV and in books, I thought it would be a good idea to do a members’ survey on Tudor books. We already have book lists on the site for recommended reading on the Tudor monarchs and Tudor life but I thought a page of member recommendations would make a good addition too.

Please do take part in this survey, it will only take a few minutes and I’ll share the results on a special page here on the Tudor Society website. Thank you so much!

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Tudor Art Books

6 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway

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In this week’s Claire chats video, I talk about some of the art books I own and would recommend. Please do share in the comments below which books you would recommend to other Tudor Society members on art.

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Two great books

7 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway

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In this week’s Claire Chats, I share two books that I’ve been sent…

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An evening with the authors – 24 September 2016, London

8 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway

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Yay! I’m so excited! On 24th September eighteen of MadeGlobal Publishing’s authors will be in London for “an evening with the authors”. This is your chance to mingle with 18 Tudor history authors (many of whom are Tudor Society contributors), have your photo taken with them by a professional photographer, get their autographs, discuss your book idea with MadeGlobal Publishing, and fire questions at the authors in a Q&A session.

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