Part of the Horseshoe Cloister of Windsor Castle. Photo May 2015.
This area of the castle was built right before the Tudor period and was rebuilt in the Victorian era.
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Castle Rising Castle, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.
Upcoming Books and Events for June 2026
Welcome to northern hemisphere summer! While I don’t really like the heat down here in Texas during these months, I do like the lighter traffic while the kids are out of school. 😉
Books
I have a couple of books that I’ve missed from previous months that I stumbled across –
First up is The Story of Tudor Art: A History of Tudor England Through its Art and Objects by Christina J. Faraday that came out last fall in the UK and in May of this year in the US. I’m not sure how this one got past me!
And I also missed Sylvia Barbara Soberton’s Mary Boleyn: The Queen’s Slandered Sister that came out in May in the UK and will be out in the fall in the US.
And Sean Cunningham’s Henry VII: Treason and Trust (from the Penguin Monarchs Series) was released in the spring in the UK and will be out in mid-June in the US.
New Exhibition
Well, sort of “new” since it actually opened last month, but I missed it –
Philip Mould & Company has an exhibit Elizabeth I: Queen & Court currently on display, which opened in May and will run through July 10, 2026. Be sure to also download the PDF exhibition catalogue!
Continuing Exhibition
Hever Castle is hosting a new exhibition, Capturing a Queen: The Image of Anne Boleyn which “brings together the largest ever gathering of portraits believed to depict Anne Boleyn, including a ground-breaking newly identified contemporary image unveiled for the first time.” The exhibition will run from February 11, 2026 to January 2, 2027 and is included with admission to the castle.
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Walls of Framlingham Castle. Photo May 2015.
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Crossing of Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.
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Blickling Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.
Upcoming Books and Events for May 2026
Hello May! Sorry I missed last month, I was behind on a bunch of stuff around the house and it ate up a lot of my weekends.
Books
Lost Heirs of the Tudor Crown by Neha Roy was originally released in the UK in March and will be out at the end of May in the US.
And Desiderius Erasmus: The Folly or Far Sightedness of Renaissance Europe’s Greatest Mind by Amy McElroy was also released in March in the UK and will be out in mid-May in the US.
And in new books this month, Anne Boleyn: Reputation, Revolution, Religion, and the Queen Who Changed History by Martha Tatarnic will be out in mid-May in the US and at the end of the month in the UK.
Exhibition
Hever Castle is hosting a new exhibition, Capturing a Queen: The Image of Anne Boleyn which “brings together the largest ever gathering of portraits believed to depict Anne Boleyn, including a ground-breaking newly identified contemporary image unveiled for the first time.” The exhibition will run from February 11, 2026 to January 2, 2027 and is included with admission to the castle.
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Leicester Guildhall. Photo May 2015.
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Hampton Court Palace Kitchens. Photo May 2015.
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Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shottery, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
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Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.
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Abbey Gate, Bury St Edmunds. Photo May 2015.
The Abbey Gate is one of the few remaining structures of the Bury St Edmunds Abbey, the original resting place of Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk before the Dissolution.
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View from the roof of Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015.
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View from Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.
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Shakespeare Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
I finally got a chance to watch Hamnet last night, so I had to go with a Shakespeare-related picture today.
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St. Mary’s Church, Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.
Upcoming Books and Events for March 2026
While it’s not astronomically spring for another three weeks, meteorological spring starts today! I don’t think we got enough rain over the winter to have a good wildflower season here in central Texas, but I’m sure we’ll still see some bluebonnets popping out soon.
Books
We have one book that was already released in the UK that will soon be out in the US:
Elizabeth Boleyn: The Life of the Queen’s Mother by Sophie Bacchus-Waterman came out last fall in the UK and will be out at the beginning of March in the US.
And in new books, the first one I have is Lost Heirs of the Tudor Crown, which I originally had down as coming out in January in the UK and March in the US, but now it looks like it’s late March in the UK and mid-April in the US.
Next is Sean Cunningham’s Henry VII: Treason and Trust, part of the Penguin Monarchs Series, which will be out at the beginning of March in the UK and in June in the US. I have been tracking this one for ages, so I’m happy to see that it’s finally coming out!
And Desiderius Erasmus: The Folly or Far Sightedness of Renaissance Europe’s Greatest Mind by Amy McElroy will be out at the end of March in the UK and the end of May in the US.
Exhibition
Hever Castle is hosting a new exhibition, Capturing a Queen: The Image of Anne Boleyn which “brings together the largest ever gathering of portraits believed to depict Anne Boleyn, including a ground-breaking newly identified contemporary image unveiled for the first time.” The exhibition will run from February 11, 2026 to January 2, 2027 and is included with admission to the castle.
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Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
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Tomb of John de Sheppey in Rochester Cathedral. Photo May 2015.
John de Sheppey was the Treasurer of England and Bishop of Rochester during the reign of Edward III.
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Norwich Cathedral. Photo May 2015.
There are various places in Norwich where you can see remnants of the colors that were all over medieval cathedrals in the day. See the upper left of this photo. It wasn’t all blank stone! (see also – ancient Greece and Rome)
