Introductions

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Hi, Pat. Welcome to the group!

[Patricia]

Janet wrote: "I have been a fan of the Tudors since my parents let me stay up late to watch Masterpiece Theater's presentation of The Six Wives of Henry VIII back in 1970-something (and then Elizabeth R the foll..."
Are you talking about Lady Jane Grey? If so, there is a very good novel (well I enjoyed it) by Alison Weir called Innocent Traitor.

[Christine]

Hi, I'm Christine, I live in GA with my husband and two sons. I'm a Biology teacher by day. My hobby is reading about, researching and learning everything I can about the Plantagenets & Tudors, basically anything between the 1100s and 1500s. Everything about this time period fascinates me.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Welcome to the group, Christine!

[Ashley]

Hello!

I'm a Pennsylvania girl who is in her last semester of college. I am a musician. I play French Horn and piano. When I'm not performing or practicing, I enjoy reading, discovering new music, writing, and spending time with friends and family.

I am a huge fan of Phillippa Gregory and I'm currently The Virgin's Lover. She's hooked me onto this genre, and I'm open to reading more authors of this genre!

Feel free to friend or message me! :)

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Welcome to the group, Ashley!

We're actually reading a Phillipa Gregory this month - The King's Curse.

[Natalia]

Hi, nice to meet you everyone, my name is Natalia Belmar, I'm from Chile. I love the story in general and I'm fascinated by the history of the Tudor, as well as for their ancestors, Lancaster and York and his future derivatives such as Mary and Elizabeth Tudor. I've seen the entire series The Tudors, The White Queen, the film Elizabeth I of Cate Blanchet and I find myself currently reading Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles by Margaret George, but I don't see the TV series, Reign, because it has too many errors Historic.

Thank you very much :)
Welcome everyone who wants me or follow me.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Welcome to the group, Natalia!

Are you enjoying Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles?

[Natalia]

Yes, very much, especially because I always have loved Scotland. But sometimes I have mixed feelings about the characters, but I don't have problems in general :)

[Jerrika]

Hello Ladies,
My name is Jerrika and I live Virginia. I am 24 years old, married with a beautiful one year old. I am so happy to found others who find the Tudors and there way of life ( Or the way fictional history portrays them) as fascinating as I do. My all time favorite Author is Phillipa Gregory and favorite book is The Queens Fool. I am looking to meet lovely people who enjoys reading and can recommend more books to read. I just finished The King's Curse.
Thanks so much for your time,
Jerrika

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Welcome to the group, Jerrika.

[Jerrika]

Thank you so much :)

[Kimber]

Welcome everyone I missed!

[Stephanie]

Hi new to this group so excited to have found this board. I am 40 years old, married have three childern 21, 19, 17. Live in prince Edward Island, Canada. Hated history as a teenager but have a growing fascination with it now especially tudor history. Reading anything can get my hand hope to make trek to England.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Welcome to the group, Stephanie.

[Amy]

Hi I'm Nikita :) I'm 14, and I love music, acting, singing, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Robin Hood, The Tudors, and movies.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Welcome to the group, Nikita.

[Jenny]

Hi everyone im Jenny . Im 46 with 2 children . I love to knit and sew in my spare time ( not that i have much spare time ) so use a lot of talking books. I have 2 allotments , also use talking books here . The tudor period is my passion but Im interested in all history . Does anyone else have a huge to read pile and not enough hours in the day to read them :)

[Arwen]

hey jenny, i like listening to talking books while doing cross stitch when i have spare time. i think many many of us have a huge to read pile, you are among friends here!

[Katharine]

Hello, I'm Katharine.

I'm 43, live in Yorkshire, England, where I'm a stay-at-home mum branching out into historical novel-writing.

My passion for the Tudors goes back to my teens when I used to take part in the Tudor historical re-enactments at Kentwell Hall in Suffolk, which was a fantastic experience and left me with lots of random Tudor skills like dancing La Volta and making ruffs!

My first book is out in a month (hurrah!) - it's a YA historical about a teenage girl who gets caught up in the Pilgrimage of Grace (when the northern counties rebelled against Henry VIII).

I always swore I would never write about the Tudor court because I've always been more interested in how ordinary people lived and experienced great events and changed than what the people at the top got up to. But then the Duke of Norfolk popped up in my first book as a minor character and after reading some of his letters I started thinking 'oh, he's interesting, I wondered if he had any children....' and discovered that of course he did (Mary Howard and the Earl of Surrey) and they were completely fascinating! So my work-in-progress is on Mary Howard, and the research is killing me - so many palaces....

I look forward to talking Tudors with this group! My favourite Tudor histfic author is Norah Lofts and my favourite non-fiction authors are Amy Licence (for social history) and Jessie Childs (her biography of Surrey is amazing).

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Welcome to the group, Jenny and Katharine.

[Katharine]

Thank you, Susannah!

[Janina]

Hi Katherine I'm in Yorkshire too, Leeds, welcome ;)

[Katharine]

Leeds is great. My brother and his family live there :)

I'm further east, north of York.

[Janet]

Greetings! I'm SO enjoying this group, I have been a Tudor addict for decades. I am currently editing a novel of Jane Seymour (I hope to release it by the end of the year) but in the meantime I am blogging about the Tudors. Many of my posts are inspired by the events of the days, though I also have a particular passion for sharing actual letters. I'd love to have you stop by any time you need a quick Tudor fix! http://janetwertman.com.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Welcome to the group, Janet.

[Sara]

Hello everyone! I'm 34, live in the Midwest, United States, I have a 13 year old son and 2 fur babies. I work full time as a paralegal, as well as attending college part tme, and the remainder of my time is spent hanging with my son, reading, crafting, stitching, thrifting/antiquing, and whatever else I may fancy at the time. I've loved history pretty much my whole life. (My grandmother was a geneologist and I spent a lot of my time in cemetaries and going through old newspapers in small, dark libraries). I'm so glad to have found a group that has the same love of the Tudor history as I do. Looking forward to chatting with you all about books!

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Welcome to the group, Sara.

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Hello everyone. I love to read historical fiction and Tudors are at the top of the list. I live in South Carolina, have two very spoiled dogs, two grown sons and three adorable granddaughters. I look forward to getting to know everyone.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Welcome to the group, Tammy. (I'm also from South Carolina.)

[Janet]

Tisha wrote: "How have I only now just come across this group?!

Hi, I am 27 and live in San Diego, California. My favorite book (not just Tudor but in general) is The Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margeret Geo..."

Let me add my own suggestion for a great book - In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn, by Natalie Grueninger and Sarah Morris. The authors visited every English castle associated with Anne Boleyn - and including current visiting info. I just reviewed the book, it's on my Goodreads page (and my blog - www.janetwertman.com). Enjoy your trip!

[[deleted user]]

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Welcome to the group, Tammy. (I'm also from South Carolina.)"

Thank you Susanna what a small world. Ilook forward to chatting with everyone.

[John]

Skimming through here I thought I was the only guy on here until I looked at the members list. Anyway I'm John in Tacoma, divorced with 5 kids ranging from 16-29 and two grandkids.
I've liked Tuder history since Jr High and while doing my ancesty a few years ago found that Anne was a Great Aunt which encouraged me to dig even deeper into the history.

I'm more of an Alison Weir (non-fiction) fan than Gregory.

I'm also more of a non-fiction fan over fiction.

Anyway, thanks for allowing me in the group. I hope to learn a lot and have some fun.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Welcome to the group, John and Melissa.

I read some Tudor fiction, but my real love is for non-fiction, I think.

[Candace]

John wrote: "Skimming through here I thought I was the only guy on here until I looked at the members list. Anyway I'm John in Tacoma, divorced with 5 kids ranging from 16-29 and two grandkids.
I've liked Tu..."

I agree with you about Gregory, John. Not her biggest fan. But she has enough so everybody is happy!

[John]

Candace wrote: "John wrote: "Skimming through here I thought I was the only guy on here until I looked at the members list. Anyway I'm John in Tacoma, divorced with 5 kids ranging from 16-29 and two grandkids.
..."

She does have a lot out there. I tend to like Alison a little better because she always seems to have something new in each book. When you start looking at one subject after awhile it tends to start repeating things. I like the little off the beaten path history.

[Catherine]

Hi, I'm Catherine, I'm 32 and live in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England.
I've always loved history from school, and became fascinated by the Tudors when we studied them for a term in my last year of primary school, to the extent that I named my ghost koi Henry (as he was rather large) and Anne.. (because she was my favourite queen). Very Sad!!
Since then I've read lots of books, both non-fiction and Fiction about that era, and never get bored of reading the same events, as every historian/author puts their own perspective on it.
Although my fascination was originally with Anne Boleyn as a youngster, (partly because I couldn't get over the fact that Henry killed his wife!), I have since read a few books about his other wives, and I no longer have a firm favourite, as I believe they all brought something to the table, and as individuals had their own unique qualities.
I'm hoping to join in on a few group reads. I've just finished Innocent Traitor, which I really enjoyed, and I've just bought a new book from eBay about Mary (Bloody Mary), but alas it is not the same one as this months group read!

[Jonathan]

Hi I am Jonathan I've been an avid reader of fiction ever since I was old enough to own a torch - which was quite a while ago. As a schoolboy I virtually lived in Narnia, and as I got older, I got into historical fiction - particularly Phillipa Gregory, Susan Kay, C J Sansom and the Flashman Papers.

I love creative writing myself, and have written Book and Lyrics for three full-scale Musicals, all of which have been performed locally. There have also been two plays, some dubious-quality poetry and several short stories. I have recently upcycled the plot of one of the Musicals into The Witchfinder's Well, a full-length fantasy historical fiction novel set in the Tudor period and available to read free on Wattpad.

[Daisy]

Welcome Jonathan! A pleasure to "meet" you! I'm sure you'll simply love the group started here. Many of us (myself included) love historical fiction and anything to do with it (:

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Welcome to the group, Catherine and Jonathan!

I don't think I have a favorite wife, either. They're all interesting.

[Michell]

Catherine wrote: "Hi, I'm Catherine, I'm 32 and live in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England.
I've always loved history from school, and became fascinated by the Tudors when we studied them for a term in..."

I love the six wives of Henry VIII and I also found Anne Boleyn my favorite at first but now don't have a certain favorite either.

[Karen]

I don't think I've introduced myself yet. I'm Karen and I've been interested in Tudor history since Middle School when I read "Red Rose Of The House Of Tudor" by Kathryn Lasky in the Royal Diaries series and "Mary Bloody Mary" by Carolyn Meyer. Phillipa Gregory is, of course, now one of my favorite historical authors of the War Of The Roses and Tudor periods, especially since I learned my dads side of the family might be related to Elizabeth Woodville!

If I had to pick a favorite of Henry VIIIs wives, I'd say Catherine Of Aragon, since she was the first and makes me think a little of my own mother.

Right now, I am working on my own novel set in the Elizabethan era titled "Bloody Mary's Daughter"

[happy]

Let me add my welcome to all the new comers

Welcome, Welcome

[Jonathan]

Karen wrote: "I don't think I've introduced myself yet. I'm Karen and I've been interested in Tudor history since Middle School when I read "Red Rose Of The House Of Tudor" by Kathryn Lasky in the Royal Diaries ..."

Hi Karen
Good to hear you're working on a novel set in the Elizabethan era. I have written one as well (same period) and I have published it in chapters on Wattpad.com to get 'beta' reads and feedback. I got a lot of feedback - either from 'engaged' readers (“holy crap once again she's in a heap of trouble I'm not sure how she's going to get out of! BUT YOU GO GIRL!”) to more critical and constructive (“I do think there is a market [for this book]. Historical fiction is a great genre but sometimes it needs a bit of a twist”). You can get feedback as you write, to help you fine-tune the piece - and there are plenty of tudor era novels to read and compare / get ideas. Good luck with it!
Jonathan

[John]

Karen wrote: "I don't think I've introduced myself yet. I'm Karen and I've been interested in Tudor history since Middle School when I read "Red Rose Of The House Of Tudor" by Kathryn Lasky in the Royal Diaries ..."

"Red Rose Of The House Of Tudor" by Kathryn Lasky is a good little read. There are a couple things in it thatI haven't seen in other books. It's a very personnal touch.

Funny that you mention you might be related to Elizabeth Woodville. Elizabeth is a first cousin 13x removed of mine. Anne Boleyn was an aunt on my fathers side.

I have just recently joined this club also, so welcome.

[Lynn]

Hello, My name is Lynn. I'm a 55 yr old single mom to my daugher Claire who is 12. I live in Arizona, just east of Phoenix but I am originally from the San Francisco Bay Area. I miss it very much. I love reading and I am a big history buff. The Tudors are truely fascinating to me. I am currently reading Wolf Hall and saw the first episode this past Sunday. I thought Marky Rylance was brilliant! I love historical fiction and I can't wait to see all the reccomendations here.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Mod #4]

Welcome to the group, Lynn!

I thought Mark Rylance was every bit as good as my British friends said he would be.

[Lynn]

Thank you Susanna! I think I will like it here. :)

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads wrote: "Welcome to the group, Lynn!

I thought Mark Rylance was every bit as good as my British friends said he would be."

[RachelvlehcaR]

Hello everyone. I'm Rachel and live in Washington State in the United States. I found this GR group through the history group search. I saw the name and had to join. I love Tudor, Medici, and Roman history. I read a lot of nonfiction books in all those areas as well as other history areas. Not all of them are history books (most are). I kind of like to have a firm grasp on the history before going into the historical fiction side of it.

I tend to like the darker side of literature. My favorite genres being horror, fantasy, sci-fiction, and non-fiction. I'm not really into the romance side of it unless it's well written or catches my attention. I stay clear of these genres YA (especially the romance kind), Romance, Chick-lit, and Cozy Mystery, and much of the Urban Fantasy Romance--urgh. Did I say romance?

As far as I know I'm not related to any of the Tudors but I'm related to Pancho Villa and Louis Pasteur. We have lots of documents, letters, journals, and newspapers of our family traveling from West Virgina through the Oregon Trail, then traveling up to Washington State. It's interesting to find out where people come from. History is really fascinating.

Anyway, I'm excited to have found the group and with the interest of Tudor history.

Happy Reading!

[John]

RachelvlehcaR wrote: "Hello everyone. I'm Rachel and live in Washington State in the United States. I found this GR group through the history group search. I saw the name and had to join. I love Tudor, Medici, and R..."

Welcome Rachel, I've recently joined this site and also live in Wa State.

So far, it tends to be a fun thread.