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Helene Harrison

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Helene Harrison studied at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle, achieving both a BA and MA in History before going on to complete an MSc in Library Management. Her passion for Tudor history started when studying for A Levels and completing a module on Tudor rebellions. Her master’s dissertation focused on portrayals of Anne Boleyn through the centuries, from contemporary letters to modern TV and film adaptations. Now she writes two blogs, one Tudor history and one book-related, and works in the university library of her alma mater. In her spare time, she loves visiting royal palaces and snuggling up with a book or embroidery project. Her books are ‘Elizabethan Rebellions: Conspiracy, Intrigue and Treason’ [2023] ‘Tudor Executions: Fr ...more

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Book Review – ‘Mary Boleyn: The Queen’s Slandered Sister’ by Sylvia Barbara Soberton

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, […]
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Helene Harrison Helene Harrison said: " Review - I loved Harriet, so I think it was unfair that she was written out in the first book. I wish she's instead written out the Colonel or Mrs Budley, a less significant character. Lady Fortescue and Harriet were for me the only ones who came acr ...more "

 

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Henry VIII's Quest for an Heir by Helene Harrison
"‘Henry turned the lives of these women upside down, all in his quest to beget a male heir which he believed England needed to be Secure.’

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"Firstly I'd like to say how grateful I was to be given an opportunity by the author to preview this work. This is the 2nd book of Helene's that I've read, the first being The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn: Interpreting Image and Perception and I intend t" Read more of this review »
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I thought this was an enjoyable mystery, though I have to admit I tend to prefer the Hamish Macbeth mysteries to the Agatha Raisin ones – I think a part of that is that I get annoyed by Agatha and her often abrasive personality. She is quick to tempe ...more
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Thanks to The History Press for gifting me a copy of this book to review.

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In my view, the book could have branched out from Broadway and into the European productions, specifically England and the West End (possibly just because I am British!) - maybe a future publication? But perhaps the book was produced too early to mak ...more
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“One noble died of treason, but there was always another who would continue plotting. Treason remains on the statute book, enshrined in law today, though not an oft used law. When we think of treason and tyrannical monarchs, Henry VIII is usually pretty high on the list. He redefined treason to be what he wanted it to be and, as a result, opened the doors to multitudes of treason trials and the depletion of the English nobility.”
Helene Harrison, Tudor Executions: From Nobility to the Block

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?”
Lawrence Durrell, Justine

“Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar.”
William Wordsworth, The Excursion 1814

“Grief does not expire like a candle or the beacon on a lighthouse. It simply changes temperature.”
Anthony Rapp, Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss and the Musical 'Rent'

“If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.”
Gene Stratton-Porter, A Girl of the Limberlost

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