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So proud of my talented friend, @DrEstellePrnq, for this glowing “book of the week” review by the inimitable @DrLindaPorter1. ‘Blood, Fire and Gold: The Story of Elizabeth I & Catherine de Medici’ is out 30th June. It’s an absolute banger. A must-have for your bookshelves.
If, like me, you cannot wait to see #BecomingElizabeth, why not come to @HeverCastle and discover the story of how Elizabeth’s mother, #AnneBoleyn, rose to fame? #BecomingAnne runs until 9th November. https://t.co/q6zpVsPAa7
One of my favourite images of Mary Tudor, Queen of France. Lorenzo Pasqualigo wrote on 23 September 1514 that Mary was “tall, fair, and of a light complexion”. Not only did her contemporaries describe Mary as having fair hair, but she was also noted to have pale grey eyes.
Astonishing that this portrait of Princess Elizabeth can be traced in an inventory of Edward VI’s paintings in 1547: ‘A table with the picture of the ladye Elizabeth her grace with a booke in her hande her gowne like crymsen clothe of golde withe workes’ [RCIN 404444] #ElizabethI
I’m so in love with this gorgeous little miniature version of the stunning ‘Rainbow’ portrait of #ElizabethI. It’s currently up for grabs on eBay here: https://t.co/QMWFeQlPGv #PortraitMiniature #Elizabethan #Tudor #AnneBoleyn
One of the many hidden treats inside #AnneBoleyn’s Book of Hours, made in Paris in c.1526, is the vibrancy of the hand coloured woodcuts. The vividness of the orange of the hose and breeches in this image in particular absolutely blows my mind.