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Tony Riches
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Historical Fiction Author from Pembrokeshire, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.tonyriches.com Visit my #Writing #Blog The Writing Desk https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/ #Podcast https://tonyriches.podbean.com/ #Tudors #Elizabethan #HistoricalFiction
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Forced to choose between loyalty and love, duty and desire, this is the story of Bess Raleigh, one of the last true Elizabethans, a woman who dared to choose her own path.

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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited
BookLaunch: The Forgotten Tudor Women: Jane Boleyn & Susanna Horenbout, by Sylvia Barbara Soberton tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-... @sylviabso.bsky.social #Tudors #History #BookLaunch
November 28, 2025 at 6:48 AM
👑 A brilliant courtier.
💔 A forbidden love.
⚔️ A deadly game of power.

She is Penelope Devereux—Tudor baroness, muse, and rebel. Her true story isn’t just history…

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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #Audiobook
November 28, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Happy Birthday Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland, born #OnThisDayInHistory 28 November 1489 #Tudors
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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#1000TudorPeople D is for Joanna Dyaca During the Mass, the silver pax was passed around to be kissed by the congregation, in descending order of rank. In 1494, Joanna was summoned before the wardens for throwing the pax to the ground ‘because another woman had kissed it before her’. amzn.to/3X5KVBp
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Just 99p!

Duchess, Countess, mother, politician, and twice a Queen... this is the story of the young Eleanor of Aquitaine

Daughter of the Sun
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Daughter of the Sun: Story of the Young Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy Book 5)
Daughter of the Sun: Story of the Young Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy Book 5) eBook : Lawrence, G. , Design Studio, Betibup33: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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November 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Guest Post: “A Medieval Hospital, Ruined Roman Baths and Magnificent Apartments – Locations in ‘The Cameo Keeper’” by Deborah Swift adventuresofatudornerd.com/2025/11/27/g...
Guest Post: “A Medieval Hospital, Ruined Roman Baths and Magnificent Apartments – Locations in ‘The Cameo Keeper’” by Deborah Swift
I am pleased to welcome Deborah Swift back to my blog today to share information about the real-life locations for her latest novel, “The Cameo Keeper.” I would like to thank Deborah Swift and The …
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November 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Stories of the Tudors: This podcast continues my Elizabethan series looking at a new perspective on the history of Sir Francis Drake, the subject of my book Drake – Tudor Corsair. tonyriches.podbean.com/e/podcast-tw... #Elizabethan #Tudors #Podcast
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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MISTRESS OF THE MAZE mybook.to/ROSAMUND a novel on Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II. Legends say Eleanor of Aquitaine poisoned her. Likely untrue. Whatever the case, she died young in Godstow Priory. Her special garden at Woodstock has long vanished. #KindleUnlimited 📖📚💙
Mistress of the Maze: The Legend of Rosamund Clifford (Medieval Babes: Tales of Little-Known Ladies Book 2)
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November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🔥 Ambition. Loyalty. Betrayal: ‘Essex – Tudor Rebel’ brings to life the gripping true story of Robert Devereux, the charismatic Earl who defied Elizabeth I.

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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Black Friday Sale at @graffegbooks.bsky.social Nab my #1000TudorPeole at half price! graffeg.com/products/100...
November 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Special Guest Post: Melusine, My Lucky Charm, by Justine Brown, Author of by Mary of Modena: James II’s Dazzling Queen tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/11/spec... #Stuarts #History #BookLaunch
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
⚓Discover the story of Sir Francis Drake — sailor, privateer, survivor, in Drake – Tudor Corsair

🇺🇸https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCTYQF4
🇬🇧https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FCTYQF4

#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistFic #HistoricalFiction
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Jane Lumley: The Tudor Woman Who Translated Euripides and Shaped Two Great Families www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xfP... #Tudors #Podcast
Jane Lumley: The Tudor Woman Who Translated Euripides and Shaped Two Great Families
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November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Welcome to Day 3 of our blog tour for

༻*·The Cameo Keeper·*༺
by Deborah Swift!

Check out our tour stops, sharing enticing excerpts, bright spotlight, intriguing guest posts & lovely review!

thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/10/blog...
#HistoricalFiction #BookSky
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November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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"Dominic Piper’s ‘Bitter Almonds and Jasmine’ is that rare example of British crime fiction that breaks the mould to bring forth something fresh and stimulating in a field crowded with repetitious, formulaic characters and popular books stocked with rote expectations."

viewbook.at/BAAJ

#MustRead
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Born in the Palais du Louvre in Paris in 1606, Christine Marie was the daughter of King Henry IV of France and his second wife Marie de' Medici. She was a sister of Louis XIII and an older sister of Henrietta Maria of France, and a candidate to marry Prince Henry Stuart
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Whose bones are hidden in the lightning struck tower?

After a storm damages the tower at the heart of #MarquessHouse, Perdita and Piper discover a hidden reliquary connected to images in the chapel, Unexpectedly, they are drawn into a quest to reunite two lost Tudor sisters.

#ChristmasGhosts
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Dive into the thrilling world of Queen Elizabeth I with stories of intrigue, power, forbidden love and ruthless ambition…

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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Historical Fiction Book Review: The Cameo Keeper: A Novel of Poison and Power in the Italian Renaissance (Giulia Tofana Series) by Deborah Swift tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/11/hist... @deborahswift.bsky.social #Medieval #HistoricalFiction #BookReview
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Lady Katherine Willoughby knows every one of Henry VIII's wives. She stands up for what she believes in... but such courage has consequences.

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#Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Why was Arbella Stuart written from history?

Twins, Perdita and Piper have returned to Marquess House where the ancient walls still contain riddles they must solve. When they are finally ready to expose the centuries-old conspiracy, old enemies resurface to put their lives at risk…

#MarquessHouse
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Follow author Catherine Mathis in the footsteps of Inês of Portugal in this fascinating book spotlight!

Discover the sites of medieval #Portugal through the author's eyes!

thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/11/foll...
#MedievalFiction #BiographicalFiction #BookSky
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November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM