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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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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.

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