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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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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 14d

“Richly researched, beautifully told.” Bess – Tudor Gentlewoman captures the hidden lives of the Elizabethan world.

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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Histfic #Audiobooks

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 30m

Chivalry. Betrayal. Forbidden love: Meet the man who rode beside Henry VIII — and changed history.

Brandon: Tudor Knight ⚔️

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#Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #audiobook

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Alexandra Walsh - Author @purplemermaid25.bsky.social · 7h

Thank you so much @cindylspear.bsky.social xx

Cindy L Spear @cindylspear.bsky.social · 18h

@purplemermaid25.bsky.social new novel is a complex mesmerising, magnificent and mystical story steeped in history and literary influences. Inspired by Shakespeare’s plays (particularly King Lear) & ancient Celtic culture! A must read! @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social www.cindylspear.com/news/review-...

Review of 'Daughter of the Stones' Alexandra Walsh — Cindy L Spear

Review of 'Daughter of the Stones' Alexandra Walsh Release date: October 23, 2025 Publisher: Boldwood Books What the novel is about: When Caitlin King’s father collapses on the eve of th...

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 5h

Royal Marriages: Tudor Times Summit Two, 18 October 2025, 4pm London time. shop.tudortimes.co.uk/collections/... @thetudortimes.bsky.social #Tudors #History

Royal Marriages: Summit Two 18 October 2025, 4pm London time. – Tudor Times

Join Tudor Times for three afternoons of talks exploring royal marriages in late-fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe. Each session comprises three talks by experts, followed by a round table discus...

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Alexandra Walsh - Author @purplemermaid25.bsky.social · 7h

What danger lurks in the court of Henry VIII?

Anne Brandon has always understood the power of a king’s patronage and, as the daughter of the king’s best friend, Anne feels safer than most. But when Henry VIII begins plotting to rid himself of a queen, suddenly Anne’s life is in danger.

#Tudors

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 11h

Courage, passion and adventure in the turbulent world of the Tudor court - the story of King Henry VIII's youngest sister

mybook.to/MaryTudor

#Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobooks

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 1d

How did the Tudors have FUN? Ruth Goodman on maypoles, ale and deadly jousts
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHtU... @historyextra.bsky.social #Tudors #Podcast

How did the Tudors have FUN? Ruth Goodman on maypoles, ale and deadly jousts

YouTube video by HistoryExtra

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 1d

Special Guest Post by Jennifer C Wilson, Author of Kindred Spirits: Tower of London tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/10/spec... @inkjunkie1984.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 1d

Henry – Book Three of the Tudor Trilogy: "A fascinating look at the life of Henry VII, the first Tudor king. Highly recommended." (Amazon review)

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#Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #audiobook

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 1d

Elizabeth St.John: The Shadow Wives ~ Power and Patronage in the 17thC Marriage Game elizabethstjohn.substack.com/p/the-shadow... @elizabethstjohn.bsky.social #Stuarts #History

The Shadow Wives

Power and Patronage in the 17thC Marriage Game

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 1d

⚔️ Power. Loyalty. Survival. Jasper – Book Two of the Tudor Trilogy takes you deep into the perilous world of 15th-century England, where every choice shapes a dynasty.

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#Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited

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Michael_Bully @treason61.bsky.social · 2d

As Gunpowder Treason Season is fast approaching, thought would share about Gunpowder Plot scepticism : From time to time historians emerge who think that the 'Plot was really organised by the authorities. #gunpowderplot, aburntship.blogspot.com/2022/03/gunp...

Gunpowder Plot Scepticism

What was the real conspiracy ? Photo of Westminster Hall kindly do...

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 1d

Talking Tudors Episode 316 - Practical Magic in Tudor England with Dr Tabitha Stanmore www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIJT... @onthetudortrail.bsky.social #Tudors #Podcast

Episode 316 - Practical Magic in Tudor England with Dr Tabitha Stanmore

YouTube video by Talking Tudors

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The Tudor Age @tudorage1973.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD
12th October 1537
After a long and hard labour, Jane Seymour gave birth to a son at Hampton Court Palace.
His father, King Henry VIII was overjoyed and named him Edward.

#EdwardTudor #EdwardPrinceofWales #KingEdwardVI #KingHenryVIII #JaneSeymour #Tudors #History

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Past-Times Living History @past-times-lh.bsky.social · 1d

#OTD 12 Oct 1555

13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, #PeregrineBertie was born in Cleves

Son of #KatherineBrandon Duchess of Suffolk & 2nd husband #RichardBertie

His parents had been forced to leave England during #MaryI’s reign due to their opposing religious stance

#Elizabethan
#History

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 1d

New Historical Fiction Spotlight: The Cameo Keeper: A Novel of Poison and Power in the Italian Renaissance (Giulia Tofana Series) by Deborah Swift tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/09/new-... @swiftstory.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 1d

Welsh servant Owen Tudor secretly marries the widowed Queen Catherine of Valois - and against impossible odds they change history with a new dynasty: the Tudors

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#HistoricalFiction #Tudors #KindleUnlimited

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus's expedition made landfall in the Americas #Onthisday October 12, 1492

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 2d

CRASH!

On this day 11:49am, 11th October 1982, the world watched in horror as the lifting frame dramatically fell into place, having been caught on a misaligned strop. No real damage was done, other than to our nerves!

Find out more in our blog - maryrose.org/blog/crash-t...

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 2d

The Story of Tudor Art: A History of Tudor England Through its Art and Objects, by Christina J. Faraday tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/09/book... @cjfaraday.bsky.social #Tudors #Art

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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 2d

#NewRelease!

Trusted to defend her son's empire, Eleanor of Aquitaine faces challenges not only from her enemies but from her own kin, as her youngest son plots to steal the throne of his brother...

The Narrowness of Death
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#Free #KU!
#medieval #booksky 💙📚💙📚
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The Narrowness of Death: Book Four of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy 8)

Amazon.com: The Narrowness of Death: Book Four of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy 8) eBook : Lawrence, G. , Design Studio, Betibup33: Kindle Store

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 2d

Frances – Tudor Countess, daughter of the Queen’s Spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham
“A thrilling portrait of a remarkable woman who witnessed the key events of Elizabethan England.”

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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction

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Judith Arnopp @jarnopp.bsky.social · 2d

A Matter of conscience; Henry VIII, the Aragon years has been selected for an ##AmazonMonthlyDeal! Read it now for just 99p!

http://mybook.to/amoc

##HistoricalFiction ##HenryVIII ##Tudors

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 2d

Secrets. Power. Betrayal. She was no ordinary Tudor lady—Penelope Devereux shaped history from the shadows. ‘Penelope – Tudor Baroness’ is her story.

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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 2d

Tudor Notes with Sylvia Barbara Soberton: The Other Katherine Howard (One that you've probably never heard about) thetudors.substack.com/p/the-other-... @sylviabso.bsky.social #Tudors

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Alexandra Walsh - Author @purplemermaid25.bsky.social · 3d

‘But we, with our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we!’

Bringing her focus to Le Mat, The Fool, the card representing every person’s journey through life, she realised there were tiny letters written around the edge.
“ 'We are the music makers…',” Eleanor read, picking up the card.

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