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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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The Many Faces of Anne Bole...

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Copied Hands in the ‘Hever Rose’ Portrait of Anne Boleyn?

What a brilliant observation! This week I am doing an online course with Dr Owen Emmerson and Kate McCaffrey called ‘Inventing Anne Boleyn’. Owen mentioned that he had seen a post online demonstrating that Anne Boleyn’s hands in the Hever Rose portrait (which we now know were a later addition to the original underdrawing) were […]
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The Little Porto Book Club by Rebecca Raisin
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I did enjoy this, though not as much as many of Raisin’s previous works. I can’t quite put my finger on what it was. I recognised a lot of myself in the main character, Viviane, but I did also find her incredibly annoying at times. I also felt like p ...more
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Mrs Budley Falls from Grace by M.C. Beaton
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This one was the best yet in this series in my opinion. They keep getting better and I hope the final three don't disappoint. This was an easy read, enjoyable, with some quite fun moments as the poor relations have to try and get themselves out of mo ...more
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Anne Boleyn's First Love by Jan-Marie Knights
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Thanks to Amberley Publishing for gifting me a copy of this for review.

I was intrigued to read this when I was offered a copy for review. All I really knew about Henry Percy was that he was once involved with Anne Boleyn before her marriage to the ki
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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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