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Helene Harrison MA MSc
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Tudor Historian.
Writer behind TudorBlogger and BookBlend.
Working at Northumbria University Library.

Books:
• ‘Elizabethan Rebellions’ (2023)
• ‘Tudor Executions’ (2024)
• ‘The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn’ (2025)
Published by Pen and Sword.
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Helene Harrison MA MSc @tudorblogger.bsky.social · Jul 27
All of my books together! 😍

You can order them all now - www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Helene-Harri...

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Yesterday I went to see 'Nuremberg'. It is haunting and uncomfortable, a reminder that we don't seem to have learned from the past at all.

"The only clue to what man can do is what man has done"

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#Nuremberg
Media Review - 'Nuremberg' [2025]
Starring Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Leo Woodall, Michael Shannon, and Richard E. Grant
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November 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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New post on my blog and Substack - what if Jane Seymour didn't die in 1537?

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#History #Tudors #JaneSeymour #HenryVIII #EdwardVI
What If … Jane Seymour didn’t die in 1537?
But survived to raise her son?
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November 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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So it looks like the first print run of The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn has now sold out and the expected re-release date is 30 November! Thanks to everyone who has bought it so far!

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The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn
Mistress. Queen. Reformer. Traitor. Icon. This book is not like any others you might have read on Anne Boleyn. It is not a biography of…
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November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Sorry everyone, I was planning on getting a post or two up this week but I’ve come down with the cold / flu thing that seems to be going round at the moment 🤒 🤧 hopefully I can get something out at the weekend!
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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On the blog today is my list of ten books I hope to read this month 💙📚

#authors @benmantle.bsky.social @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social @suemoorcroftauthor.bsky.social @johnirvingimr.bsky.social @margaretamatt.bsky.social @simonmason.bsky.social @katewilliamsme.bsky.social @tudorblogger.bsky.social
10 Ten Books I Want to Read in November 2025 - #booklist
Left on the Shelf Book Blog Book Reviews Book Information Recommendations Writing Reading Books for Children Books for Adults Books for Teens Fiction
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November 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to @sophiebwaterman.bsky.social !!

Sophie has joined me on my blog and Substack to talk all things Elizabeth Boleyn!

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#History #Tudors
Guest Post Q&A with Sophie Bacchus-Waterman
Author of 'Elizabeth Boleyn: The Life of the Queen's Mother'
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October 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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New blog post - this time a review of the new novella 'The Cardinal's Daughter' by Alison Weir.

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#Tudors #BookReview #AlisonWeir #TudorBlogger
Book Review - 'The Cardinal's Daughter'
By Alison Weir
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October 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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I've just finished reading the newest book from Amanda Harvey Purse ('Henry's Roses: The Lives of Elizabeth of York, Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France') and you can read my review now! #Tudors #History

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Book Review - ‘Henry’s Roses: The Lives of Elizabeth of York, Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France’
By Amanda Harvey Purse
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October 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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If you missed my live Q&A on Substack with @nathenamin.bsky.social earlier, you can now watch the recording on Substack! Thanks Nathen for inviting me to chat with you.

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#History #Tudors #AnneBoleyn #Q&A #Substack
The History Sit-Down between Helene Harrison and Nathen Amin
A recording from Helene Harrison and Nathen Amin's live video
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October 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Today I've released the first in what I hope will be a new series of posts about the what-ifs of Tudor history - my first explores the question of, what if Anne Boleyn birthed a son in 1536?

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#Tudors
What If … Anne Boleyn had a son in 1536?
Rather than a miscarriage?
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October 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Today I have published a blog post on Hardwick Hall which I originally posted to my blog back in 2022 but have today shared on my Substack, too.

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#Tudors #HardwickHall #BessOfHardwick
Hardwick Hall
More Glass Than Wall!
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October 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Today's book review is one I published on my blog back in 2012 but it has now also been posted to my Substack - 'Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions' by G.W. Bernard. The only historian, as far as I'm aware, who believes Anne Boleyn was guilty of adultery!

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Book Review - 'Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions'
By G.W. Bernard
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September 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Aww thanks @emilythepoet.bsky.social !! Hope you enjoyed it!
September 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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I’m thrilled to have been asked by @claireridgway.bsky.social to appear on her YouTube channel to discuss my newest book ‘The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn’ - I had a lot of fun and thanks Claire for having me!

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Helene Harrison on The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn
YouTube video by The Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society
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September 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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New blog post! Today I'm thrilled to welcome back @writerbeverleya.bsky.social to my blog and Substack, to talk about her new book 'The Race for Elizabeth I's Throne'!

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Guest Post Q&A with Beverley Adams
Author of 'The Race for Elizabeth I’s Throne: Rival Tudor Cousins'
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September 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
tudorblogger.bsky.social
“I won’t let them break me down to dust, I know that there’s a place for us, for we are glorious.”

Never has this song seemed more appropriate #Autism #TheGreatestShowman

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The Greatest Showman | This Is Me (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by 20th Century Studios Indonesia
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September 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Autism is a neurological difference in the brain - it is not caused by any kind of pain relief or vaccine, and cannot be ‘cured’. It’s not a disease.

I am not less because I am autistic.

#Autism #Autistic #DifferentNotLess
September 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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New blog post! A review of 'Tudor England: A History' by Lucy Wooding which is a fascinating read about Tudor England more generally rather than just the court.

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#BookReview #Tudors #LucyWooding #Books
Book Review - 'Tudor England: A History'
By Lucy Wooding
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September 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Today's book review is one I published on my blog back in 2012 but it has now also been posted to my Substack - who doesn't adore Eric Ives' work on Anne Boleyn?

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#History #AnneBoleyn #Tudors #BookReview
Book Review - 'The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn'
By Eric Ives
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September 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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The American release of my latest book is coming up on 30 September!
September 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Another post about a place that I visited on my trip to Kent last month - Dover Castle! It's such a big site and there is so much there, definitely a full day trip if you're planning a visit!

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#History #Dover
Dover Castle
One of the biggest castle sites I’ve ever visited!
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September 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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If anyone is interested in having me to guest on their blog, either interview-style or me contributing a mini-essay, please let me know!

You can either send me a direct message on here, or drop me an email!

#BlogPosts #GuestInterview
September 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Special Guest Post by Helene Harrison, Author of The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn
Available from Amazon UK and Amazon US   Mistress. Queen. Reformer. Traitor. Icon. This book is not like any others you might have read on ...
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September 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I do wish they’d stop with these stupid skits at the beginning of #BakeOff #GBBO
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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A new book review on my blog today - 'A Medieval Cabinet of Curiosities' by Lorris Chevalier. Thanks to Amberley Publishing for gifting me a copy of this for review.

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#History #BookReview #LorrisChevalier
Book Review - 'A Medieval Cabinet of Curiosities'
By Lorris Chevalier
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August 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM