I’ve been spending a lot of time with this intriguing woman today.
The first page proofs are in!
Hoping to pick up my needle again soon.
#mybook #katashley #queenelizabethsgoverness #proofreading
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🎉Happy Friday everyone! 🎉
I’m celebrating today. Editing is complete and my book about Katherine Astley (aka Kat Ashley) is taking shape.
We’re working towards publication this summer @penswordbooks
#katashley #queenelizabethsgoverness #womeninhistory #tudor
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#OTD 16 Jan 1501
Sir Anthony Denny was born
#HenryVIII's trusted aide, he helped finalise his will in 1547 telling Henry "to prepare for his final agony"
In 1525 he married Joan Champernowne a close friend to #KatherineParr & sister of #ElizabethI's governess #KatAshley they had 12 children
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I’m thrilled to reveal the stunning jacket the clever people at Pen and Sword Books have designed for my forthcoming book about the woman known to fans of Tudor history as ‘Kat Ashley’.
#history #elizabethan #womeninhistory #katashley
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#OTD 1 Aug 1596
John Astley (Ashley) c.88 died, husband of #KatAshley, governess to #ElizabethI Sir John's distant kin
An MP & Marian exile, upon Elizabeth's ascension he became a key courtier, Master of the Jewel House
He penned the 1st book on horsemanship 'the Art of Riding'
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18th July 1565
Katherine Ashley (nee Champernowne) one time governess of Queen Elizabeth I died.
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#KatherineChampernowne #KatherineAshley #KatAshley #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History
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Day30.
Next historical fiction book on my ‘tbr ‘pile?
As I scour the historical record for Kat Ashley, I’m also exploring how she’s been portrayed in fiction. Margaret Irwin and revisiting Jean Plaidy next
#HistoricalFiction
#katashley
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Prequels? Maybe one day! But for my next project I’m setting aside all pre-conceptions and assumptions and going back to the source material to find the real Kat Ashley.
#katashley #elizabethI #biography
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Day 4–do you write in any other genres?
I’m dipping my toe into non - fiction waters with Queen Elizabeth’s Governess.
#history #Tudor #elizabeth1 #katashley #books
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#OTD 16 Jan 1501
Sir Anthony Denny was born
#HenryVIII's trusted aide, he helped finalise his will in 1547 telling Henry "to prepare for his final agony"
In 1525 he married Joan Champernowne who was close to #KatherineParr & sister of #ElizabethI's governess #KatAshley they had 12 children
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#OTD 1 Aug 1596
John Astley (Ashley) c.88 died, husband of #KatAshley, governess to #ElizabethI Sir John's distant kin
An MP & Marian exile, upon Elizabeth's ascension he became a key courtier, Master of the Jewel House
He penned the 1st book on horsemanship 'the Art of Riding'
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