Henry VIII

The Other Boleyn Girl: The Trailer

I am excited to share that the trailer for The Other Boleyn Girl is now available online. I’ve just watched it and cannot wait for the movie! I recently won a half-vacation day at work for making my United Way donation. It’s a certainty now that I’ll be saving that for the afternoon of Leap [...]

Filed Under: Books, Film, Henry VIII, Philippa Gregory Tagged With: Anne Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johnannson, The Other Boleyn Girl

My Tudor Fan Site

11 Nov By Literate Housewife 4 Comments

Update: February 17 I’ve updated my link. The site is complete, at least for the time being. Thanks again for everyone’s comments! _____________________________________ I am taking an intermediate level HTML class. The project for this class is to create a web-site of no less than five pages. I don’t know why I didn’t think about [...]

Filed Under: Books, Culture, Film, Henry VIII, Historical Fiction, Links, Philippa Gregory, Reading, Tudor Fan Site Tagged With: HTML class

Today’s Your Lucky Day!

16 Oct By Literate Housewife 5 Comments

I sent an email to Philippa Gregory’s website after her live web event and I just got a response back. If you missed the event – say due to a father-in-law’s birthday – you can now watch a taped version! I am so glad to hear you enjoyed the web event; it was a real [...]

Filed Under: Henry VIII, Historical Fiction, Philippa Gregory

In Heaven!

16 Sep By Literate Housewife 4 Comments

I’m currently in Philippa Gregory’s live chat! It’s been really interesting to say the least. What a wonderful experience.

Filed Under: Books, Henry VIII, Historical Fiction, Philippa Gregory, Reading, Writing

#37 ~ Portrait of an Unknown Woman

6 Sep By Literate Housewife 2 Comments

Portrait of the Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett I just hate it when a good book ends in a hurry. That, unfortunately, was the case with Portrait of an Unknown Woman. It tells the story of a woman, liberally educated for that time, and her relationships with her adoptive father, her husband, and a man [...]

Filed Under: Books, Henry VIII, Historical Fiction, Reading, What's Up Tagged With: adoptee, Adoption, Hans Holbein, holistic medicine, John Clemente, Lord Chancellor, Meg Griggs, orphan, Portrait of the Unknown Woman, Protestantism, Roman Cathlic Church, The Ambassadors, The Girl with the Pearl Earring, The Lady and the Unicorn, Thomas More, Tracy Chevalier, Vanora Bennett, women's education in Tudor England

Philippa Gregory in Chronological Order

30 Aug By Literate Housewife 80 Comments

Update 10/14/2010: I originally wrote this post because I had some difficulty putting Philippa Gregory’s Tudor books together in chronological order. At the time, I was new to my love of all things Tudor and didn’t have any real knowledge of the family’s history on my own. By far, this is my most popular post [...]

Filed Under: Books, female author, Henry VIII, Historical Fiction, Philippa Gregory Tagged With: Alison Weir, Anne Boleyn, Boleyn Inheritance, Chronological Order of Tudor fiction, England, Henry VIII of England, Lady Jane Grey, Nine Day's Queen, Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory, Portrait of an Unknown Woman, Sir Thomas More

Thank God I Was Seated

7 Jun By Literate Housewife 2 Comments

Since this project began, I’ve become smitten with historical fiction, particularly as it relates to Henry the 8th and his clan. This all began with a single book: The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. Since then, it’s been difficult for me to keep myself away from her novels and other related titles. Actually, now [...]

Filed Under: Books, Film, Henry VIII, Historical Fiction, Philippa Gregory

#28 ~ The Queen’s Fool

7 Jun By Literate Housewife 1 Comment

The Queen’s Fool by Philippa Gregory The magnificent and deeply satisfying way in which Innocent Traitor ended made it too tempting to continue on with the saga of the Tudor monarchy. Reading Veronica only intensified that temptation. I was not disappointed. The Queen’s Fool is the story of a young Jewish girl who took flight [...]

Filed Under: book review, Books, female author, Henry VIII, Historical Fiction, My Life with Books, Philippa Gregory, Reading, Religion, Secrets and Lies Tagged With: Alison Weir, Bloody Mary, Calais, Edward VI of England, hiding Jewish heritage, Innocent Traitor, Jewish mystic, Jewish spy, John Dee, Lady Jane Grey, London, Mary Tudor, Philippa Gregory, Queen's Fool, Robert Dudley, The Queen's Fool

#26 ~ Innocent Traitor

5 Jun By Literate Housewife 5 Comments

With this book I have reached the summit! Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir As I have made my way through the wives of Henry the 8th, this book seemed the next logical choice. This book deals with the rise and fall of Lady Jane Grey, the woman who rules England as Queen for nine short [...]

Filed Under: Amazing Narrator, Books, Henry VIII, Historical Fiction, Reading, Religion Tagged With: 9 Days Queen, Alison Weir, Bloody Mary, Captain March, Edward VI of England, Frances Brandon, Geraldine Brooks, Henry VIII, Innocent Traitor, Jane Seymour, Katherine Parr, Lady Jane Grey, March, Mary Tudor, Protestantism, Roman Catholic Church, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Other Boleyn Girl

#24 ~ The Last Wife of Henry VIII

22 May By Literate Housewife 6 Comments

The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson This was my first foray into books about the wives of Henry the 8th that was not written by Philippa Gregory. I have to admit that I was somewhat concerned that the quality of the writing and the story would not meet my expectations. Thankfully, that [...]