Arriving today from Amazon, the second season of The Tudors. I bought the first season about a year ago on a blind buy. It looked like the kind of thing I’d like, and it turned out to be the kind of thing I do like. Oh, any resemblence between The Tudors and the reign ofContinue reading “On the Second Season of The Tudors”
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On Tudor Costume Dramas
Late last week I was laid low by the flu, a ferocious illness that took my internal gyroscopes and hid them somewhere. I spent the two solid days in bed, and as such I decided I would watch some DVDs that I’d left neglected — The Tudors, the Showtime series based on Henry VIII’s earlyContinue reading “On Tudor Costume Dramas”
On the Six Wives of Henry VIII
So, I saw this quiz over at Nea‘s–Which wife of Henry VIII would you be? Well, never let it be said I don’t do odd quizzes to pass the time! I just read the questions and reversed the gender roles. 🙂 Congratulations! You are Catarina of Aragon. Catarina was Henry’s first wife and was probablyContinue reading “On the Six Wives of Henry VIII”