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Life - Katherine Parr WL

Katherine Parr: life of the week . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Nadine Akkerman Pete L WL

Invisible ink & toad poison: tools of Elizabethan spycraft . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Estelle Paranque Thorns WL

Anne Boleyn: a modern woman? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A young Katherine Parr, by William Henry Mote.

All you need to know about Katherine Parr – the truth about the wife who ‘survived’

Portrait of Katherine Parr

Katherine Parr Why Henry VIII's sixth wife was a true firebrand

An African samurai: the tall, strong African man who acquired the name Yasuke in Japan was at first an object of curiosity but soon became a prized samurai warrior serving a powerful warlord in the violent intrigues that wracked the country during that volatile era. ((Illustration by Lynn Hatzius for BBC World Histories)

Who is Yasuke? The true story of the African who became Japan’s first black samurai

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Tracy Borman at Hampton Court Palace

Explore Hampton Court Palace with Professor Tracy Borman . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A 19th-century painting shows Henry VIII meeting Anne Boleyn, as ladies-in-waiting and courtiers look on (Photo by Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)

Inside the six wives’ bedchamber: the stories of Tudor ladies-in-waiting . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Family of Henry VIII

The ultimate Tudor quiz . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Nicola Clark - Waiting game WL

Tudor ladies-in-waiting: the women who served Henry VIII’s queens . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historical novelist CJ Sansom

“To read a Shardlake novel is to be immersed in the turbulent world of the Tudors” | Tracy Borman reflects on the work of CJ Sansom

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Pod Peter Wagstaff - Shardlake WL

Shardlake: bringing the Tudor murder mystery to the screen . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anne Boleyn pays Mark Smeaton a final visit in Gaetano Donizetti's opera Anna Bolena

He was the court musician who condemned Anne Boleyn: but was Mark Smeaton telling the truth?

Portrait of Thomas Cromwell

Your guide to Thomas Cromwell

Arthur Hughes as Matthew Shardlake in Disney+ drama Shardlake

Is Shardlake a true story? The real history behind the Disney+ Tudor murder mystery