Helene Harrison MA MSc
Tudor Historian.
Writer behind TudorBlogger and BookBlend.
Working at Northumbria University Library.
Books:
• ‘Elizabethan Rebellions’ (2023)
• ‘Tudor Executions’ (2024)
• ‘The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn’ (2025)
Published by Pen and Sword.
- Read more on my take on today's news regarding the Hever Rose portrait and my theory on the significance of the hands relating to Nicholas Sander's claims of Anne Boleyn having six fingers! Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/anne-boley... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2026/02/02/a... #anneboleyn
- A full quote from me on my theory and today’s news is available on the Hever Castle website. www.hevercastle.co.uk/news/secrets... #tudors #history #anneboleyn
- You can spot me in The Guardian today! A little theory I posited in my Anne Boleyn book is now backed up by scientific analysis! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... #history #tudors #anneboleyn @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
- Yay!! My upcoming fourth book - ‘Henry VIII’s Quest for an Heir: The King’s Great Matter’ is now available for pre-order on Amazon! Other places to follow ☺️ to be published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social on 30 August 2026! amzn.eu/d/2883GGa
- Reposted by Helene Harrison MA MScFriday Fun! Coming soon from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social !
- New post on my blog and Substack - a book review of 'The History Gossip: Was Anne of Cleves a Minger and 365 Other Historical Curiosities' by Katie Kennedy. Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/book-revie... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2026/01/28/b... #History #BookReview #TudorBlogger
- Reposted by Helene Harrison MA MScOooooooh!!! A great series, and a monumental finale — a well-deserved result! #TheTraitors
- To be honest, I’m really happy for Rachel and Stephen, that they were faithful to each other and didn’t betray each other. I said from quite early on I thought Rachel deserved to win as she was playing a hell of a game. #TheTraitors
- I wanted Jade to win! #TheTraitors
- Happy Bookiversary to me! 🎉 Today marks 3 years since the publication of ‘Elizabethan Rebellions: Conspiracy, Intrigue and Treason’, my very first book. Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me along the way Thanks to the team at @penandswordbooks.bsky.social for giving me this chance.
- New book review on my blog - 'By Any Other Name' by Jodi Picoult. Thanks to Ballantine Books for gifting me a copy of this to review! Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/book-revie... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2026/01/14/b... #tudorblogger #bookreview #jodipicoult #tudors
- New post on my blog - a review of true crime documentary 'Lucy Worsley's Victorian Murder Club', about the Thames Torso Murders. Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/media-revi... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2026/01/11/m... #tudorblogger #victorians #lucyworsley #history #truecrime
- This is my first series watching #TheTraitors and I’m absolutely hooked!
- My first blog and Substack post of 2026 is a guest post Q&A with the wonderful @hrdarsiehistory.bsky.social - thanks for answering my questions about your new book on Anne Boleyn! Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/guest-post... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2026/01/04/g... #tudors #anneboleyn
- New blog post! A review of 'John Morton: Adversary of Richard III, Power Behind the Tudors' by Stuart Bradley. Thanks to Amberley Publishing for gifting me a copy for review. Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/book-revie... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2025/12/28/b... #Tudors #BookReview #History
- New post on my blog - possibly a bit late for Christmas 😆 but check out a selection of gifts for the Tudor history lover in your life (or just yourself)! Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/tudor-gifts Blog: tudorblogger.com/2025/12/19/t... #TudorBlogger #Tudors #GiftGuide #Christmas
- I finally watched the last Downton Abbey film and I’m not ashamed to say I cried like a baby for the last about 15 minutes 😭 #DowntonAbbey
- Thank you so much for having me! ❤️
- On the blog today I have the fabulous #author Helene Harrison @tudorblogger.bsky.social talking about why she thinks we are still so fascinated with Anne Boleyn. 💙📚 #booksky
- Thank you so much for having me Annie and for such a brilliant review of my book!
- On the blog today is my ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ book review of Anne Boleyn: Interpreting Image and Perception by #author @tudorblogger.bsky.social with a foreword by @drowenemmerson.bsky.social @penandswordbooks.bsky.social 💙📚 #booksky
- It feels like I’ve been waiting for this exhibition for AGES and now it’s almost here with a ground-breaking new discovery as well! www.hevercastle.co.uk/news/world-f...
- New book review on my blog and Substack - of Helen Castor's 'The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV'. #History #TudorBlogger #HelenCastor #BookReview Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/book-revie... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2025/12/02/b...
- HERE IT IS! The cover of book 4 - ‘Henry VIII’s Quest for an Heir: The King’s Great Matter’! Thanks again to the designers @penandswordbooks.bsky.social who have done a great job! Expected publication August 2026 so mark your calendars. #History #Tudors
- New book review on my blog - 'Elizabeth Boleyn: The Life of the Queen's Mother' by @sophiebwaterman.bsky.social - a brilliant gem of a book! Thanks to The History Press for gifting me a copy! #History Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/book-revie... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2025/11/29/b...
- Yesterday I went to see 'Nuremberg'. It is haunting and uncomfortable, a reminder that we don't seem to have learned from the past at all. "The only clue to what man can do is what man has done" Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/media-revi... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2025/11/23/m... #Nuremberg
- New post on my blog and Substack - what if Jane Seymour didn't die in 1537? Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/what-if-ja... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2025/11/15/w... #History #Tudors #JaneSeymour #HenryVIII #EdwardVI
- So it looks like the first print run of The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn has now sold out and the expected re-release date is 30 November! Thanks to everyone who has bought it so far! www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Many-Fac... @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
- Sorry everyone, I was planning on getting a post or two up this week but I’ve come down with the cold / flu thing that seems to be going round at the moment 🤒 🤧 hopefully I can get something out at the weekend!
- Reposted by Helene Harrison MA MScOn the blog today is my list of ten books I hope to read this month 💙📚 #authors @benmantle.bsky.social @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social @suemoorcroftauthor.bsky.social @johnirvingimr.bsky.social @margaretamatt.bsky.social @simonmason.bsky.social @katewilliamsme.bsky.social @tudorblogger.bsky.social
- HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to @sophiebwaterman.bsky.social !! Sophie has joined me on my blog and Substack to talk all things Elizabeth Boleyn! Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/guest-post... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2025/10/30/g... #History #Tudors
- New blog post - this time a review of the new novella 'The Cardinal's Daughter' by Alison Weir. Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/book-revie... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2025/10/26/b... #Tudors #BookReview #AlisonWeir #TudorBlogger
- I've just finished reading the newest book from Amanda Harvey Purse ('Henry's Roses: The Lives of Elizabeth of York, Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France') and you can read my review now! #Tudors #History Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/book-revie... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2025/10/19/b...
- If you missed my live Q&A on Substack with @nathenamin.bsky.social earlier, you can now watch the recording on Substack! Thanks Nathen for inviting me to chat with you. tudorblogger.substack.com/p/the-histor... #History #Tudors #AnneBoleyn #Q&A #Substack
- Today I've released the first in what I hope will be a new series of posts about the what-ifs of Tudor history - my first explores the question of, what if Anne Boleyn birthed a son in 1536? Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/what-if-an... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2025/10/07/w... #Tudors
- Today I have published a blog post on Hardwick Hall which I originally posted to my blog back in 2022 but have today shared on my Substack, too. Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/hardwick-h... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2022/10/27/h... #Tudors #HardwickHall #BessOfHardwick
- Today's book review is one I published on my blog back in 2012 but it has now also been posted to my Substack - 'Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions' by G.W. Bernard. The only historian, as far as I'm aware, who believes Anne Boleyn was guilty of adultery! tudorblogger.substack.com/p/book-revie...
- Aww thanks @emilythepoet.bsky.social !! Hope you enjoyed it!
- I love when my favorite authors converse! Here's @claireridgway.bsky.social and @tudorblogger.bsky.social on portrayals of #AnneBoleyn: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd0_... #TudorQueen #Tudors #newrelease #history
- I’m thrilled to have been asked by @claireridgway.bsky.social to appear on her YouTube channel to discuss my newest book ‘The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn’ - I had a lot of fun and thanks Claire for having me! youtu.be/fd0_MH-tgu4?... @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #AnneBoleyn #Tudors #Interview
- New blog post! Today I'm thrilled to welcome back @writerbeverleya.bsky.social to my blog and Substack, to talk about her new book 'The Race for Elizabeth I's Throne'! Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/guest-post... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2025/09/25/g... @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #Tudors
- “I won’t let them break me down to dust, I know that there’s a place for us, for we are glorious.” Never has this song seemed more appropriate #Autism #TheGreatestShowman youtu.be/Rj4Yu9Utdw0?...
- Autism is a neurological difference in the brain - it is not caused by any kind of pain relief or vaccine, and cannot be ‘cured’. It’s not a disease. I am not less because I am autistic. #Autism #Autistic #DifferentNotLess
- New blog post! A review of 'Tudor England: A History' by Lucy Wooding which is a fascinating read about Tudor England more generally rather than just the court. Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/book-revie... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2025/09/21/t... #BookReview #Tudors #LucyWooding #Books
- Today's book review is one I published on my blog back in 2012 but it has now also been posted to my Substack - who doesn't adore Eric Ives' work on Anne Boleyn? Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/book-revie... Blog: tudorblogger.com/2012/10/19/1... #History #AnneBoleyn #Tudors #BookReview
- The American release of my latest book is coming up on 30 September!
- Just pre-ordered @tudorblogger.bsky.social's The Many Faces of #AnneBoleyn! Can't waiit for its release on Sep 30!!! www.amazon.com/Many-Faces-A... #Tudors #TudorQueens #history
- Another post about a place that I visited on my trip to Kent last month - Dover Castle! It's such a big site and there is so much there, definitely a full day trip if you're planning a visit! Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/dover-castle Blog: tudorblogger.com/2025/09/11/d... #History #Dover
