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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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Media Review – ‘Nuremberg’ [2025]

Most people at the moment seem to be going to see Wicked: For Good but last night I instead went to see Nuremberg. When I was studying for my A Levels (age 16-18) my historical focus was on Hitler and the Nazis, specifically the Holocaust. I grew up hearing that my grandma, who died before […]
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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

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

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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.”
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