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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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Thank you so much for having me! ❤️
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Thank you so much for having me Annie and for such a brilliant review of my book!
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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It feels like I’ve been waiting for this exhibition for AGES and now it’s almost here with a ground-breaking new discovery as well!

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World-First Exhibition Seeks To ‘Find The Face’ Of Anne Boleyn
What did Anne Boleyn look like, and is there a definitive version of her image? Nearly 500 years after her execution, Henry VIII’s second queen continues A world-first exhibition at Hever Castle, Capt...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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New book review on my blog and Substack - of Helen Castor's 'The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV'. #History #TudorBlogger #HelenCastor #BookReview

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Book Review - ‘The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV’
By Helen Castor
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December 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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HERE IT IS!

The cover of book 4 - ‘Henry VIII’s Quest for an Heir: The King’s Great Matter’! Thanks again to the designers @penandswordbooks.bsky.social who have done a great job! Expected publication August 2026 so mark your calendars.

#History #Tudors
November 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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New book review on my blog - 'Elizabeth Boleyn: The Life of the Queen's Mother' by @sophiebwaterman.bsky.social - a brilliant gem of a book! Thanks to The History Press for gifting me a copy! #History

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Book Review - ‘Elizabeth Boleyn: The Life of the Queen’s Mother’
By Sophie Bacchus-Waterman
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November 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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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
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“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