Dr Mickey Mayhew

Tudor historian/author (Six Wives); also, Mary Queen of Scots, Romanovs ('Under house arrest' out now), Ed Gein.

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

I can't wait for people to find out what happened to the sword that beheaded #AnneBoleyn. The picture below isn't the actual thing, though; the real sword was, unfortunately, in a considerably more 'distressed' state when finally I set eyes upon it. Not long to go now! #Tudors #History #BooksWorthReading

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

@Kaz1702 Always trying to do the Tudors a little differently... 🙃

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

A water pageant was held on the #Thames #OTD in #Tudor times (1536), in honour of #HenryVIII's new queen/third wife, Jane Seymour; I couldn't think of anything particularly droll to add to this, so the picture will have to do! #History #London

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

@JustMeagain24 That's assuming you'd even get them in the same room with it...

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

Another of those #books that #AnneBoleyn aficionados tend to handle with fumigation tongs, mainly because - shock horror! - it paints its subject in a somewhat less than saintly light #Tudors #History

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

@TheVikingDane Marvellous; check out the movie 'Total Eclipse', where Leonardo DiCaprio plays him, if you get the chance

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

@TheVikingDane The French poet Arthur Rimbaud https://t.co/ZDGrzuaaIO

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

My one stab - thus far - at writing a children's #book; this one was published ten years ago now, back in 2016 #Tudors #Royals #AuthorCommunity #History https://t.co/UJcZCFYQQ6

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

I saw this play about #AnneBoleyn on the actual anniversary of her execution #tudors #History #London

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

#HenryVIII's 'henchman' Thomas Cromwell - then 1st Earl of #Essex - was arrested #OTD in #Tudor times (1540), in large part for failing to help #TheKing secure a separation from his fourth wife - Anne of Cleves - so that he could marry Anne's lady-in-waiting, Catherine Howard; yes folks, by this point a certain sort of deja vu was setting in... #History #Royals

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

The Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of #Russia was born #OTD in 1897 (modern dating); she was the second daughter of the country's last rulers, Nicholas & Alexandra, and perished alongside her parents and siblings in the #Revolution in 1918 #History #Royals

[Andrea Zuvich @17thCenturyLady]

The paperback version of my book, Sex and Sexuality in Stuart Britain (2020), is currently on a special offer. Buy direct from @PSHistory https://t.co/s9iAqYxtvh!

[Vincenzo DM @DM_Vincenzo]

Charles V was very much aware of his chin: he hated to speak in public and preferred to eat alone. And he grew a beard to hide the chin somewhat.

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

Actress Natalie Portman was born #OTD in 1981, in #Jerusalem; she played #AnneBoleyn in the 2008 #movie 'The Other Boleyn Girl', opposite Scarlett Johansson as Mary Boleyn. The movie is based on the #book by Philippa Gregory and includes a plot-line whereby Anne tries to seduce her brother so that she can conceive and save herself from #HenryVIII's wrath; thank heavens the real-life Anne would never stoop to such a thing! #History

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

@TheVikingDane @chrisandmarkuk Yup! Grand!!!

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

@TheVikingDane @chrisandmarkuk Ah! I can't see the pic though 🧐

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

@TheVikingDane @chrisandmarkuk What is it?

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

#OTD in #Tudor times (1536); #Parliament passed the second 'Act of Succession', which removed #HenryVIII’s daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, from the succession; the field was now clear for Jane Seymour to produce that prized male heir. Sadly for her - and in one of #history's great ironies - it would in fact be the two sidelined girls who would go on to monarchical glory... #Royals

[Dr Mickey Mayhew @Mickey_Mayhew]

'The Field of the Cloth of Gold' kicked off #OTD in #Tudor times (1520), as the #English and the #French spent several lavish days trying to be friends; #HenryVIII and Francis I led the way, with Catherine of Aragon and Claude of #France bringing up the rear. Oh, and #AnneBoleyn was probably there too #History - The place - in the Pale of Calais - is now a turnip field, and there's me in the picture, stunned into silence by the anticlimax of the location #Royals

[Peter Cullivan @Cullivanpeter]

@Mickey_Mayhew On a more serious note than my reference to Jimmy Hill, this outstanding biography is well worth reading.