Review & Giveaway at Historical Fiction ObsessionĪnd as promised, some photos from the book signing. Guest Post & Giveaway at Let Them Read Books Review at 100 Pages a Day – Stephanie’s Book Reviews Here's a list of the stops on the tour:Ī Pledge of Better Times Blog Tour Schedule Monday, May 4
My blog tour, arranged by Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours, begins on May 4th, with reviews, features, guest posts, and giveaways. All the copies of A Pledge of Better Times sold, and it was a lot! (Some photos are posted below.) It drew a large crowd, all the chairs were filled and many people were standing up through my talk. And another at my city's large independent bookstore, which is wonderfully supportive of local authors. One at the "Made in New Hampshire Expo," in a large exhibition centre in Manchester. Informative, Effigy Hunter is very highly recommended for Guide for those wishing to visit sites in person.
The location and dates of effigies and memorials, making this a useful field Region-by-region sections contain charts of essential information on Photographs, Robinson shares her extensive travels through England and otherĬountries. Reference for historians and genealogists, Effigy Hunter isĮqually a travelogue and travel memoir. Personages who did not survive their journeys to the Holy A brief section on Crusaders and pilgrims covers important She describes the effects of civil wars and religious disputes on the physicalĬontents of churches and examines discrepancies between burial records and Times. Not only does she analyse specific monuments and their symbolic elements, Information about the burial styles of her numerous subjects, primarily royaltyĪnd aristocracy of Britain and Europe during the Dark Ages and Medieval Into the great cathedrals and obscure country churches in which her ownĪncestors-and those of the millions of other people sharing their genes-and other notables wereĮither interred or commemorated. Historical author Christy K Robinson’s family history searches have taken her Their beginning to live together as husband and wife. Portrait, attributed to Peter Lely, is dated 1650, and could be indicative of Married in in 1647 when Anne was ten years old and Aubrey twice her age. The second, by Peter Lely, nearly a copy of the first, depicts the Baynings' daughter and heiress,Īnne, with her husband Aubrey, 20 th Earl of Oxford de Vere (father of Lady Diana de Vere, and a prominent character in A Pledge of Better Times). Viscount Bayning and his wife in a gown very much like one a bride would have wornĪt her wedding, and the presence of Cupid presenting a floral garland hints at matrimony as well. The first double portrait below shows the 2 nd The couple were painted individually, although double portraits can indicate a Great painters of the day produced marriage portraits, either immediatelyīefore or immediately after the wedding. At their court wedding in November, 1673, herīridegroom wore this lavish costume, on display at the Victoria and Albert Her new husband’s country, as with James, Duke of York (later James II) and his In the bride’s location, with a second ceremony immediately upon her arrival in Marriages, when the couple lived in different lands, could take place by proxy Throughout the next three reigns, did not live up to her vows of fidelity: “A beautiful wanton whose reputation did not impro ve with the years.
This wedding ofĬourtiers took place in Christ Church Cathedral, and King Charles gave away theīride-a mere three years before his execution. Presence during the Civil War, when the court was at Oxford. The Bedchamber and Housekeeper of Whitehall Palace, took place in the royal Her 1646 marriage to George Kirke, Groom of The beauteous Mary Townsend was daughter of Aurelian Townsend, poetĪnd creator of court masques (and, incidentally, grandmother of Lady Diana de Was fourteen- how embarrassing it must have been for her-and theĪt court. Join them in bed in the afternoon to hear the details of the consummation. Occasion, in 1617, at the conclusion of festivities he commanded that theĬouple should extend their wedding night till noontime, adding that he would His male favourites to marry into money, and he hosted their marriageĬelebrations in his palace s-often with a masque as well as a banquet. He played matchmaker to some of his courtiers, helping Court and Commonwealth The first Stuart monarch, James
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