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  • Shakespeare’s ‘A Winter’s Tale’, Inspired by Anne Boleyn?

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post will explore the possible connection between Anne Boleyn and Shakespeare’s play A Winter’s Tale.   Many people who are fans of Shakespeare and lovers of Tudor history will know that the plot of A Winter’s Tale is a complex romance set at a…

  • My Top 20 Classic Films to Watch in Winter (Which are Not Technically Holiday Films)

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a continuation of yesterday’s post about watching classics in Winter.   For this post, I will be giving my top 20 recommendations on specific films to watch during Winter. Still, I will not include films that are technically holiday films, so these…

  • My Top 5 Favorite Biographies to Read for Spooky Season

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings!    Today’s post is the countdown of my favorite biographies to read for Spooky Season, for those who want a non-fiction read that still gives the feel of the Season of the Witch! Number 5: Royal Witches: Witchcraft and the Nobility in Fifteenth-Century England by Gemma…

  • From “La Plus Heureuse” to “La Reine Anne Sans Tete”: The Downfall of Anne Boleyn

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have chosen to write about Anne Boleyn yet again.   This is important because today is the anniversary of her execution!   On May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn was beheaded by the Swordsman of Calais after being found guilty of adultery, incest, and treason. Her execution sent shock…

  • Anne Boleyn, Queen of Reformation

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to discuss my favorite Queen of all time yet again.   After seeing the new docu-series about her on Netflix, which I also reviewed earlier this week here on White Rose of Avalon, I felt that she was the perfect topic for this week’s Femme Fatale…

  • My Thoughts on Blood, Sex & Royalty: Anne Boleyn

    For today’s post, I have decided to share my thoughts on the new Netflix docu-series Blood, Sex & Royalty: Anne Boleyn.   I found this new series as a recommendation from Netflix, which is unsurprising given how much I love the Tudor period.   Of course, given that Anne Boleyn is my favorite Queen of…

  • The 5 Most Interesting Doomed Queens (In My Opinion)

    For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at my five favorite stories of Doomed Queens.   In this countdown, I will rank the Queens based on how much interest I find in their tales.   This is not to say that any one of them is better than the others, or worse,…

  • My Top 5 Royal Historical Fiction Books

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my five favorite historical fiction novels.   These are in particular about Queens in the late medieval and Tudor periods.   The reason they are my favorites is that it is my favorite time period. Number 5: The White Rose by Jan Westcott ~This…

  • My Top 5 Biographies About Elizabeth Woodville

    For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my favorite non-fiction books about the White Queen, Elizabeth Woodville.   Woodville is one of the iconic Queens during the Wars of the Roses.   She was called the White Queen because she was married to the first Yorkist King of England, Edward IV.…

  • Bessie Blount, Mistress of Henry VIII

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to do a short post to discuss Bessie Blount.   She was a famous royal mistress of Henry VIII during his marriage to Katherine of Aragon.   Unlike his more famous mistress during that first marriage, she never had a chance to become Queen. It is…