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Women of the White Queen: Marguerite of Anjou 20 Aug 2013 | 11:43 pm
From the beginning Marguerite of Anjou was a controversial queen. Few queens of England have so divided opinion; few have suffered more from the propaganda spread by their enemies. Historians over th...
Women of the White Queen - Lady Margaret Beaufort 16 Aug 2013 | 11:41 pm
Lady Margaret Beaufort has always been sort of a cipher to me, not quite as knowable as either Elizabeth Woodville or Marguerite of Anjou. Perhaps that’s because she was never a Queen, but the mother...
Women of THE WHITE QUEEN – Elizabeth Woodville 14 Aug 2013 | 10:48 pm
One could say that the story of Elizabeth Woodville is a Cinderella story. Young widow meets handsome King; they marry despite opposition and live happily ever after. Well as happy as one can be whe....
From Page to Screen - Starz/BBC THE WHITE QUEEN 12 Aug 2013 | 08:11 pm
Well, I hadn’t planned on reviewing THE WHITE QUEEN until I was in England when I could watch the entire series since I don’t have Starz, but the cable channel surprised me by offering up a sneak prev...
August is for Austen 9 Aug 2013 | 11:19 pm
Here we are in the dog days of summer, or at least they are supposed to be. Here in New York it’s been raining on and off for the past three days. Just the kind of weather that makes you want to cur...
Winner of the Gillian Bagwell Giveaway 8 Aug 2013 | 06:59 pm
Sorry that I'm so late picking a winner but work was busy yesterday and then last night I went to see a screening of the new film AUSTENLAND from the novel by Shannon Hale (which I will be reviewing o...
Scandalous Women reaches 4 Million Page Views & Giveaway 30 Jul 2013 | 09:47 pm
While I wasn't looking Scandalous Women reached a milestone of 4 million page views. When I started the blog almost 6 years ago, I couldn't imagine even having one person (other than me) reading the b...
Review: THE CHALICE - A NOVEL 30 Jul 2013 | 01:24 am
Title: THE CHALICE: A NOVEL Author: Nancy Bilyeau Publisher: Touchstone Publication date: 3/5/2013 Pages: 485 How Acquired: Net Galley/TLC Book Tours What it’s about: In 1538, England’s bloo...
Lady of the English - The Life of Empress Matilda 23 Jul 2013 | 08:24 pm
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation which is a remarkable achievement. Elizabeth II is the 6th Queen regnant in over 1,000 years of English history, following in the.....
Guest Author Gillian Bagwell on Tudor Banquets and Sugar as Art 11 Jul 2013 | 06:33 pm
I'm pleased to welcome author Gillian Bagwell back to Scandalous Women. I've had the pleasure of meeting Gillian and getting to know her at the Historical Novel Society conferences over the past three...
