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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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The Write Stuff Featuring Historical Fiction Author and Poet Melanie Leeder Interviews with Amazing Authors!

The Write Stuff Featuring Historical Fiction Author and Poet Melanie Leeder πŸ“š

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Book Review: The Traitor's Apprentice (Lord's Legacy Book 2) by Eleanor Swift-Hook tonyriches.blogspot.com/2023/12/book... @emswifthook.bsky.social #Stuart #HistoricalFiction #BookReview

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Lilac dawn. Photo taken on Glastonbury Tor

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Travel back to the time of the Tudors with the Brandon Trilogy:

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#Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #audiobooks

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Elizabeth Goff and the Bloody, Brilliant Tudors (ep 241)
Elizabeth Goff and the Bloody, Brilliant Tudors (ep 241) YouTube video by Carol Ann Lloyd

Who were the Grey sisters? Which King was an accountant? Why are the Tudors endlessly fascinating? Elizabeth Goff, aka The Historical Gal, brings the Tudors to life, with 100 tales of gowns, gossip, and gory ends: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRXK... @shakeuphistory.bsky.social #Tudors

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Forced to choose between loyalty and love, duty and desire, this is the story of Bess Raleigh, one of the last true Elizabethans, a woman who dared to choose her own path.

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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobooks

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Book Launch Guest Post: Desiderius Erasmus: The Folly or Far Sightedness of Renaissance Europe's Greatest Mind, by Amy McElroy tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/03/book... @amymcelroy.bsky.social #Medieval #History

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Discover Frances, the daughter of the Queen’s Spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham

β€œA thrilling portrait of a remarkable woman who witnessed the key events of Elizabethan England.”

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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook

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The Secret Diary of Eleanor Cobham: A young duchess is found guilty of sorcery and witchcraft. Centuries later her secret diary is discovered hidden under floorboards in Beaumaris Castle and her true story can be told.

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#HistoricalFiction #audiobooks

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Guest Post by Nicola Harris, Author of Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon (Six Tudor Queens) tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/03/hist... @nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.social #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch

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Frances – Tudor Countess, daughter of the Queen’s Spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, who witnesses the key events of the Elizabethan era

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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook

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The Boleyn Curse – Pre-order now!

The court of Henry VIII is glittering but ruthless. Elizabeth Boleyn thinks she knows the rules, until the king’s attention turns from admiration to obsession.

Centuries later, archivist Tabitha Mundy uncovers a trail of cryptic clues and the past begins to stir

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β€œThis book kept me at the edge of my seat from beginning to end. It’s well-written with great world building and character development. Very entertaining read, reminiscent of Stephen King.”

GAIA'S GAME
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FREE on #Kindleunlimited

Also on #audible

#horror #audiobook
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The holiday of a lifetime becomes a nightmare as two lovers face life changing danger. Lucy is bound and helpless, taken far from the safety of the world she knows. Nothing has prepared Steve for what he needs to do.

mybook.to/TheShell #African #Adventure

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Special Guest Interview with Amy McElroy, Author of Women's Lives in the Tudor Era tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/03/spec... @amymcelroy.bsky.social #Tudors #History

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"An intriguing and brilliantly researched book about a woman whose name should be written large across the pages of history. I could not stop reading." Bestselling Author Alexandra Walsh

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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book Review: The Mercenary's Blade (Lord's Legacy Book 1) by Eleanor Swift-Hook tonyriches.blogspot.com/2023/12/book... @emswifthook.bsky.social #Stuart #HistoricalFiction #BookReview

10.03.2026 07:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to #MarquessHouse, history will never be the same again…

Two ruby rings. One silver locket. Apart, they mean nothing, but reunited, this jewellery is the key to one of the biggest and most shocking secrets in history.

The first ring has been found and the danger has begun…

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Book Review: The Austen Girls: The Story of Jane & Cassandra Austen, the Closest of Sisters, by Helen Amy tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/03/book... #Austen #BookReview

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πŸ‘‘ A brilliant courtier.
πŸ’” A forbidden love.
βš”οΈ A deadly game of power.

She is Penelope Devereuxβ€”Tudor baroness, muse, and rebel. Her true story isn’t just history…

mybook.to/PenelopeTudo...

#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #Audiobook

09.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.

Exclusive: Jay Graber is stepping down as head of Bluesky. Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will be the interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found.

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Leoba: England’s Earliest Female Poet - Medievalists.net In the eighth century, an English nun named Leoba composed a short Latin poem that has quietly survived for more than a millennium. Though brief, the verse offers valuable insight into the education, ...

Leoba: England’s Earliest Female Poet ~
In the eighth century, an English nun named Leoba composed a short Latin poem that has quietly survived for more than a millennium. www.medievalists.net/2026/03/leob... @medievalists.bsky.social #History

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Great - and thanks for your support

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She's copied Henrietta Maria's look but it's actually Lucy Percy, Countess of Carlisle, painted by Anthony van Dyck circa 1637. Here is the image source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Va... I look forward to seeing your Queens of the Page series, as I'm now working on a Stuart Queens trilogy

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'She-intelligencers' - nothing so simple as spying thehistoryjar.com/2026/03/09/s... #Stuarts #History

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β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… Review - DEADLY CODE - 'Great characters, plot rattles along at a great pace and the finale is just brilliant. All in all a cracking good read' https://bit.ly/4iknq01 #CrimeFiction #Mystery #Thriller #CSI #LinAnderson #SantaMonica #Raasay #BloodyScotland

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Be a better writer by empowering your reader When youΒ empower your reader, you become a better writer.To empower your reader means respecting his intelligence. You don’t need to explain what was just obviously said in the dialogue or to …

#CreativeWriting #AuthorLife #Storytellers #amwriting #writingcommunity inventingrealityediting.com/2...

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Raleigh - Tudor Adventurer (The Elizabethan Series) Read it now

Discover the real story of adventurer, courtier, explorer and poet, Sir Walter Raleigh, who has been called the last true Elizabethan.

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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobooks

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This is Catalina as you’ve never seen her. Fierce. Vulnerable. Unforgettable.

A princess.
A survivor.
A daughter of Aragon.

πŸ”—: mybook.to/h1IsobT

#KindleUnlimited #HistoricalFiction #catherineofaragon #CatalinadeAragon
#Spain

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πŸ”₯ Ambition. Loyalty. Betrayal: β€˜Essex – Tudor Rebel’ brings to life the gripping true story of Robert Devereux, the charismatic Earl who defied Elizabeth I.

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#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook

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