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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 · 10d

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

mybook.to/BESS

#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Histfic #Audiobooks

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 54m

Tudor Notes with Sylvia Barbara Soberton ~ Weekly Kindle deal: "Great Ladies: The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens" thetudors.substack.com/p/weekly-kin... @sylviabso.bsky.social #Tudors

Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 1h

Step into the world of Elizabeth I with The Elizabethan Series: Stories of intrigue, power, forbidden love and ruthless ambition…

mybook.to/TheElizabeth...

#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited

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Bookboost @freeboostmarketing.com · 19h

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 2h

Why Pinterest Works for Me as an Author, and Tips for You insights.bookbub.com/pinterest-fo... @bookbubpartners.bsky.social #writing #WritingCommunity

Why Pinterest Works for Me as an Author, and Tips for You

Discover how one author uses Pinterest to drive traffic, grow her email list, and sell more books — without social media burnout.

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 5h

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

Brandon: Tudor Knight ⚔️

mybook.to/Brandon-Tudo...

#Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #audiobook #CharlesBrandon

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 7h

Elizabeth Stuart: The could-have-been queen ~ Kirsten Henton explores the extraordinary life of the Scottish princess the Gunpowder Plotters tried to place on the throne www.discoverbritain.com/history/icon... @kirstenjh.bsky.social #Stuarts #History

Elizabeth Stuart: The could-have-been queen

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Judith Arnopp @jarnopp.bsky.social · 7h

'Through Marguerite’s searing internal monologue, Arnopp offers not just a glimpse into the psyche of a warrior queen, but a fully realized portrait of grief transmuted into memory and rage.' ##Review

http://mybook.to/mhhnf

##HistoricalFiction ##WOTR ##Medieval

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Alexandra Walsh - Author @purplemermaid25.bsky.social · 8h

‘A secret at home is like rocks under the sea and they had more secrets than the sea had tides…’

What did Amelia’s mother want her to discover about the Attwater family? And why does she keeping hearing a wind chime? Travelling to Pembrokeshire, Amelia tries to unravel the secrets left behind.

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 9h

Book Review: The Mercenary's Blade (Lord's Legacy Book 1) by Eleanor Swift-Hook ~ "A great cast of compelling characters, always with a hint of something important yet to be revealed." tonyriches.blogspot.com/2023/12/book... @emswifthook.bsky.social #Stuarts #HistoricalFiction #BookReview

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Past-Times Living History @past-times-lh.bsky.social · 12h

#OTD 9 Oct 1514

#HenryVIII's sister #MaryTudor 18 married French King #LouisXII 52 at Abbeville France

An arrangement designed to cement the 2 countries

Widowed within 3 months when #CharlesBrandon arrived to escort her home they secretly wed in March 1515

youtu.be/Sa-lwKa9irE

#Tudor #History

Past Times Living History - Mary Tudor - Episode 3 of 4: I was lost in France

YouTube video by PTLH TV

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Judith Arnopp @jarnopp.bsky.social · 11h

"One of the best books I have ever read! Almost the whole of English history, told through the eyes of generations and generations of the same family." Review

http://mybook.to/tboh

##HistoricalFiction ##medieval ##Vikikngs ##wotr ##kindle ##KU

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Rosemary Griggs @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social · 10h

A week today!

#bookevent #Devon #devonbooks

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 2d

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✮ ( ¸.•´✶ Katherine - Tudor Duchess
(The Brandon Trilogy Book 3)
By Tony Riches *´¨✫

maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2025/10/kath...

#HistoricalFiction #Tudors #Booksky 💙📚

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 12h

#onthisdayinhistory 9th October 1514 18 year old Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII, married 52 year-old King Louis XII of France. Their wedding, and its consequences, feature in MARY - Tudor Princess:

mybook.to/MaryTudor

#Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Kindle

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Alexandra Walsh - Author @purplemermaid25.bsky.social · 1d

Two women. A century apart. One island that calls them both

In moments of turmoil, Eloise De’Ath and Alice Webster are drawn to Crete — where, at the heart of the labyrinth, a voice from the dawn of time waits to tell its tale…

@boldwoodbooks.bsky.social

#TheForgottenPalace #Labyrinth #Love

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Carol Ann Lloyd @shakeuphistory.bsky.social · 1d

The brilliant Helen Castor joins us this week at Royals, Rebels, and Romantics!
She discusses her book The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV.
Special thanks to my wonderful patrons! A special episode coming just for you!

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Judith Arnopp @jarnopp.bsky.social · 23h

Perkin Warbeck suffered a traitor's death but what if ... he really was one of the lost princes in the tower

http://mybook.to/asongofsixpence

##HistoricalFiction ##Tudors ##HistFic ##Audible ##KU

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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 1d

#NewRelease!

January 1536
The King is dead... but who will live long now?

A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos...

All the King's Bastards £3.99 #Free #KU!
#Histfic #SpeculativeFic
#Booksky #Tudor 💙📚💙
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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 1d

Guest Post by Claire Hobson, Author of Charles II: From the Cradle to the Crown: Revolution, conspiracy, sex, ceremony and the secrets of royal childhood - some surprises to be found in Restoration history. tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/10/spec... @restorationhat.bsky.social #Stuarts #History

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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)

mybook.to/HENRY-Book-T...

#Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #audiobook

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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.

mybook.to/JasperBook2

#Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited

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Elizabeth St.John 📚💙📜Author and Historian @elizabethstjohn.bsky.social · 2d

Judith Arnopp's perspective on Henry VIII as both a historian and a novelist makes him both accessible and understandable. While I can't imagine spending 5+ years inside his head writing a trilogy, @jarnopp.bsky.social doesn't just pull it off, she rocks it!
#Tudors #GreatHistoricalFiction

Judith Arnopp @jarnopp.bsky.social · 2d

In one from the archive I chat with @elizabethstjohn.bsky.social about A Matter of Conscience which incidentally is 99p at the moment!

www.elizabethjstjohn.com/judith-arnop...

#historicalFiction

Judith Arnopp | New Release | A Matter of Conscience - Elizabeth St.John

Judith Arnopp is a master storyteller, talented gardener, and an inspirational re-enactor. I’m so happy to have Judith on Author Chats today, for I’ve loved her books for a long time, and have been ea...

www.elizabethjstjohn.com

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Judith Arnopp @jarnopp.bsky.social · 1d

'Tudor Historical Fiction just as I like it! - Book Review

http://author.to/juditharnoppbooks

##HistoricalFiction ##Tudors ##HenryVIII

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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

mybook.to/Owen

#HistoricalFiction #Tudors #KindleUnlimited

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 1d

The Tudor Blogger: What If … Anne Boleyn had a son in 1536? Rather than a miscarriage? tudorblogger.substack.com/p/what-if-an... @tudorblogger.bsky.social #Tudors

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