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Staircase in Harvard House, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Another example of my well-documented love of old wooden staircases.

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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.

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]]> 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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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]]> 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.

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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.

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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.

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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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