This one is here in the States, at the Smithsonian in Washington DC. Link to full details are at the bottom of the post.
Queen Elizabeth I’s greatness was shaped in no small measure by her turbulent childhood and youth. Declared a bastard by her father, Henry VIII, when she was not quite 3 years old, she lost her status, her place in the royal succession, and also her mother, Anne Boleyn. Yet 22 years later, in 1558, Elizabeth triumphantly ascended the throne of England.
The beautiful Katherine Swynford was the mistress, then wife of the charismatic John of Gaunt, the father of Henry IV. Her brother-in-law was Geoffrey Chaucer; she lived through the Hundred Years’ War, the Black Death, and the Peasants’ Revolt. Her children were the direct forebears of the Tudors, the Stuarts, and every British sovereign since 1461.
British historian and author Alison Weir draws on original source material to explore the lives of these two women.
Thanks to Kathy for sending in the link!
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Lara, I don’t why I didn’t do this before I sent you the link, but I finally went over to Alison Weir’s site and checked her schedule. She’s got quite a few US tour dates. Her schedule.
Shoot, I wish her Texas dates were better. Houston is closest to me (not that Dallas is that much farther) but I’ll be booting up a telescope right about the time her talk starts!
Pray for rain. (I’m presuming we are talking about an optical telescope here…)
Yep, it’s an optical telescope. I’m not sure rain would get me out of work that night though since I have a group of school kids coming that night so I might have to be there no matter what.
In that case, I think you should take the 5th off work and head to Dallas. There’s even a champagne reception with that event! That sounds like an enormous amount of fun and since it’s a reception, you’d probably get a chance to talk to her.
Boy do I wish I could! Unfortunately that is also the week of our annual board meeting and I would probably be shot if I tried to take a day off that week. In other words, that was basically the worst week for her to be in Texas. Mid-March would have been perfect since I’m planning to take the week of Spring Break off! But I’m sure I’ll get a chance to see her talk one of these days.
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