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57 | <p align="center"> <img border="0"
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59 | height="138" alt="Tudor Media News"></p>
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61 | <hr>
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62 | <p align="center">This page contains information on<br>
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63 | Tudor-related Exhibits, Books, Films, etc</p>
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65 | <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman">
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66 | <i><img border="0"
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67 | src="_httpdocimg_/dunnbook.gif"
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68 | alt="Jane Dunn biography" width="100" height="148"></i></font></p>
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69 | <p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
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70 | <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"> <a
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71 | href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=1&amp;href=http:%2f%2fenglishhistory.net%2ftudor%2fcontents.html">to Tudor England:
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72 | Contents</a></font></p>
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73 | <p align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="2"> <a
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74 | href="mailto:[email protected]">Share your Tudor news!</a></font></p>
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78 | <td valign="top" width="48%" height="553"> <b>29 September 2004</b><br>
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79 | <img border="0" src="_httpdocimg_/ivesbook.jpg" align="left">Professor
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80 | Eric Ives, who wrote the definitive biography of Anne Boleyn in 1988, has
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81 | just released <i>The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn: The Most Happy </i>(<a href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fexec%2fobidos%2ftg%2fdetail%2f-%2f0631234799%2fqid%3d1096393461%2fsr%3d8-1%2fref%3dsr%5f8%5fxs%5fap%5fi1%5fxgl14%2f104-8047124-6243950%3fv%3dglance%26s%3dbooks%26n%3d507846">US</a>
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82 | and
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83 | <a href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fwww.amazon.co.uk%2fexec%2fobidos%2fASIN%2f0631234799%2fqid%3d1096393233%2fref%3dsr%5f8%5fxs%5fap%5fi1%5fxgl%2f202-4684411-4080647">
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84 | UK</a>), which incorporates new research and addresses issues raised by
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85 | the biographies of Anne which followed his own (including Warnicke and
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86 | Starkey's work.)&nbsp; Tudor enthusiasts know that
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87 | <a href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fwww.amazon.co.uk%2fexec%2fobidos%2fASIN%2f0521406773%2fqid%3d1096481812%2fref%3dsr%5f8%5fxs%5fap%5fi1%5fxgl%2f202-4684411-4080647">
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88 | Warnicke's</a> <i>The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn</i> questioned many of
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89 | Ives's conclusions.<p>I should stress that this is a <i>new</i> biography,
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90 | not simply a new edition of the 1988 work.</p>
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91 | <p>I'm still working on the Reviews section; please check back soon.</p>
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92 | <hr>
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93 | <p> <font
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94 | style="font-weight: bold;">20 September 2004</font><br>
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95 | The Henry VIII miniseries starring Ray Winstone is <a
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96 | href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fexec%2fobidos%2ftg%2fdetail%2f-%2fB0002KPIR8%2fqid%3d1092239900%2fsr%3d1-4%2fref%3dsr%5f1%5f4%2f102-1488722-9759359%3fv%3dglance%26amp;s%3ddvd">being
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97 | </a> <a
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98 | href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fexec%2fobidos%2ftg%2fdetail%2f-%2fB0002KPIR8%2fqid%3d1092239900%2fsr%3d1-4%2fref%3dsr%5f1%5f4%2f102-1488722-9759359%3fv%3dglance%26amp;s%3ddvd">
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99 | released on Region 1 dvd</a> on 16 November for US viewers. <br>
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100 | However, it will appear on PBS as a two-part 'Masterpiece Theatre'
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101 | presentation before its DVD release, on 7 November and 14
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102 | November.&nbsp; Click here to visit <a
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103 | href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fwww.pbs.org%2fpreviews%2fhenryVIII">the PBS Previews page</a>.<br>
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104 | </p>
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106 | <p><small><img
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107 | src="_httpdocimg_/henry8miniseries.jpg" title=""
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108 | alt="Henry VIII dvd" style="width: 105px; height: 150px;" align="left">Henry's
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109 | 38-year reign saw England transformed from a sleepy backwater of
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110 | jousting tournaments and Catholic piety to a nation torn by religious
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111 | and political strife - all because the king wanted a male heir.</small></p>
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112 | <small>
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113 | </small>
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114 | <p><small>"He was a very troubled man," observes Winstone, who in
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115 | the course of the film ages from the young athletic king to the burly
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116 | icon familiar from Hans Holbein paintings. "This is a man who allowed
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117 | two of his wives - women he loved passionately - to be murdered. At the
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118 | same time, he wrote beautiful love letters, understood science and, to
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119 | a certain extent, was a great ambassador. He was an intelligent,
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120 | gentle, romantic man who lost his way when it came to love."</small></p>
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132 | <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"
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133 | style="font-weight: bold;">July 2004</font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
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134 | According to <a href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fwww.gallifreyone.com%2fnewstv.php">Outpost
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135 | Gallifrey</a>, the new <b>Doctor Who</b> series will feature <b>an
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136 | appearance by Henry VIII</b>:</font></p>
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137 | <blockquote>
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138 | <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">An article in the
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139 | June 29 Daily Star says that the new Doctor Who series "will feature
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140 | historic figures including Shakespeare, Henry VIII and Einstein - who
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141 | are locked up together inside a Big Brother-style house. Famous
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142 | housemates will face eviction and death from aliens when the classic
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143 | sci-fi show comes back to our screens next year. The new series, which
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144 | stars Christopher Eccleston as Dr Who, is aiming to win over a whole
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145 | new generation of young followers of the Tardis timelord. Christopher
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146 | said: 'We can parallel things with science fiction and address what's
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147 | going on around us to a certain extent for young people without being
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148 | pompous.' In one of the planned episodes of the hotly-awaited series,
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149 | some of the world's most famous figures from the past are kidnapped
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150 | from their time zones by aliens. They are put in a Big Bruvstyle house
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151 | for extraterrestrial television entertainment."<font size="2"> (Thanks
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152 | to Paul Engelberg)</font></font></p>
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153 | </blockquote>
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154 | <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">The Ninth Doctor is
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155 | being played by Christopher Eccleston, who played the duke of Norfolk
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156 | in 1998's <i>Elizabeth</i>.&nbsp; Yes, these are tenuous Tudor links
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157 | but I'm a Doctor Who fan as well.</font></p>
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158 | <hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;">
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159 | <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">Thanks to the
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160 | Barbie collector who emailed me the link to
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161 | <a
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162 | href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fwww.barbiecollector.com%2fshowcase%2fproduct.asp%3ftype%3d%26amp;subtype%3d%26amp;product%5fid%3d1003486">the
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163 | 'World of Royalty: Queen Elizabeth I' doll</a>.&nbsp; For those of you
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164 | who missed the 1995 Elizabeth doll, mark September in your
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165 | calendars.&nbsp; And start saving - the doll will probably retail at
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166 | $250.</font></p>
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167 | <hr>
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168 | <p align="left"><b><font face="Times New Roman"><i>Elizabeth</i>
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169 | sequel in the works?</font></b><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
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170 | <font size="2">(Source: <a
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171 | href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fwww.comingsoon.net%2fnews.php%3fid%3d4977">http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=4977</a>)</font></font></p>
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172 | <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">Aussie's <i>The
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173 | Daily Telegraph</i> spoke to <b>
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174 | Elizabeth</b> director Shekhar Kapur who says that he is working on a
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175 | sequel to the 1998 Cate Blanchett drama.<br>
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176 | <br>
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177 | Blanchett is expected to take the throne again and star in the epic -
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178 | based on Queen Elizabeth I - which has the working title of <b>Golden
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179 | Age</b>. "It is about the battle between her life as a monarch and her
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180 | personal life," Kapur said. "It ends in the destruction of the Spanish
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181 | Armada on the larger level."
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182 | <br>
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183 | <br>
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184 | The Indian-born Kapur said the script, which Michael Hirst is working
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185 | on, would be ready in six months. "And then it depends on Cate's
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186 | schedule and my schedule as to when we start shooting."</font><font
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187 | face="Times New Roman" size="2"><br>
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188 | </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><br>
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189 | More links:<br>
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190 | <a href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fwww.imdb.com%2ftitle%2ftt0127536%2fnews">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127536/news</a><br>
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191 | <a href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fin.news.yahoo.com%2f040604%2f139%2f2dhbb.html">http://in.news.yahoo.com/040604/139/2dhbb.html</a></font></p>
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192 | <hr>
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193 | <p align="left" style="font-weight: bold;"><font
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194 | face="Times New Roman" size="4">EARLIER NEWS</font></p>
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195 | <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">
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196 | <img border="0" src="_httpdocimg_/r3.jpg"
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197 | alt="Richard III" align="left" width="107" height="150"></font><big><font
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198 | face="Times New Roman" size="2"><big>The Criterion Collection (which
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199 | has collected quite a bit of my money over the years) has just released
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200 | Laurence Olivier's
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201 | <a href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fcriterionco.com%2fasp%2frelease.asp%3fid%3d213">1955
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202 | version of <i>
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203 | Richard III</i></a>.&nbsp; This was the third Shakespeare play which
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204 | Olivier both directed and starred in (after <i>Henry V </i>and <i>Hamlet</i>)
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205 | and remains the definitive film treatment of <i>Richard III</i>.&nbsp;
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206 | Olivier's work is incredible, - he is the physical embodiment of
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207 | villainy, plotting with gleeful malevolence one moment and inspiring
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208 | our pity the next.&nbsp; And if anyone is wondering why this is
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209 | included at the <i>Tudor</i> Media News page, well - the future Henry
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210 | VII does make an appearance and the Battle of Bosworth Field marks both
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211 | the end of Richard's life and the beginning of the Tudor dynasty.</big></font></big></p>
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212 | <p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
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213 | <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">
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214 | <i><img border="0"
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215 | src="_httpdocimg_/dunnbook.gif"
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216 | alt="Jane Dunn biography" align="left" width="100" height="148"></i><b><i>Elizabeth
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217 | and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens</i> by Jane Dunn was recently
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218 | released.</b>&nbsp; I am still working on the new and improved Reviews
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219 | section, but here is a quick review - a worthwhile addition to your
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220 | Tudor library.&nbsp; I've read enough about both women to wonder if I
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221 | would learn anything from this book, but I was pleasantly
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222 | surprised.&nbsp; A liberal use of primary sources plus a lovely
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223 | selection of portraits - and the book jacket and boards are beautifully
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224 | designed.&nbsp; As competition for Alison Plowden's <i>Two Queens in
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225 | One Isle</i>, this book is the better choice.</font></p>
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226 | <p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
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227 | <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman">
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228 | <img border="0"
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229 | src="_httpdocimg_/guyscots.gif" align="left"
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230 | alt="John Guy biography" width="100" height="151">At last!&nbsp;
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231 | Finally, another major biography of Mary Stuart has been
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232 | released.&nbsp;
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233 | <b><i>Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart</i> is by
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234 | noted Tudor historian John Guy</b>.&nbsp; Antonia Fraser's biography
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235 | was serviceable but my own casual research revealed large gaps in her
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236 | use of primary sources.&nbsp; I always wondered - when would another
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237 | historian focus on Mary's tumultuous life?&nbsp; I should note that the
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238 | UK version of this work is entitled <i>My Heart is My Own: The Life of
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239 | Mary Queen of Scots</i> and the jacket features the Clouet sketch of an
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240 | adolescent Mary.&nbsp; The American edition, shown above, has the 'hat'
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241 | portrait <i>minus</i> the hat!&nbsp; As an admirer of
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242 | <a href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fwww.marileecody.com%2fmaryqos1565.jpg">the hat</a>
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243 | and its fluffy feather, I'm rather disappointed.</font></p>
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244 | <p align="left">&nbsp;</p>
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245 | <p align="left"> <font face="Times New Roman"> <img border="0"
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246 | src="_httpdocimg_/boleynbook.jpg" align="left"
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247 | width="70" height="108"><b><i>Anne
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248 | Boleyn: A New Life of England's Tragic Queen</i> by Joanna Denny
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249 | will be published in April
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250 | <a href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fwww.amazon.co.uk%2fexec%2fobidos%2fASIN%2f074995017X%2fqid%3d1076882496%2fsr%3d2-2%2fref%3dsr%5f2%5f11%5f2%2f026-4110626-7673264">in the UK</a>.&nbsp; </b>In comparison with the
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251 | two existing major biographies of Anne (by Carrolly Erickson and Retha
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252 | Warnicke), this one is the most successful 'popular' biography.&nbsp;
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253 | And no, I don't mean 'popular' as a slur; far from it.&nbsp; I'll post
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254 | my review at the new Reviews section when I've finished.</font></p>
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255 | <p align="left"> &nbsp;</p>
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256 | <p align="left"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>The Folger Shakespeare
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257 | Library has finished its nine-year restoration of the Trevelyon
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258 | Miscellany.&nbsp; </b><font size="2">It's now the focus of <a
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259 | href="_httpextlink_&amp;rl=0&amp;href=http:%2f%2fwww.folger.edu%2fpublic%2fexhibit%2fTrevelyon%2fintro.asp">an excellent
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260 | exhibit</a>.</font></font></p>
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