Book of the Month: Mary Boleyn, The Mistress of Kings

Title: Mary Boleyn, Mistress of Kings Author:  Alison Weir Pub. Date: October 2011 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group Format: Hardcove...

Anna Nicole Smith - The Opera

Watch the trailer for the world premiere of Anna Nicole, Mark-Anthony Turnage's new opera commissioned by the Royal Opera House. The tra...

The Fabulous and Flamboyant Life of Lady Meux

I adore historical fiction, not just because I find history endlessly fascinating but because it leads me to fascinating women which I can t...

Seperated at Birth?

I'm in the midst of reading Alison Weir's new biography of Mary Boleyn (which I will review once I've finished it).  While flipp...

A Talk with Philippa Gregory (and some other people)

Yesterday I went downtown to the Times Center to hear Philippa Gregory talk as part of The New York Times Great Literary Conversation. Her o...

Scandalous Book Review: The Lady of the Rivers

Title:   The Lady of the Rivers Publisher:   Touchstone Books Pub Date:   October 11, 2011 Synopsis: Passion. Danger. Witchcraft . . . The L...

Sarah Grand and The New Woman

While reading Tasha Alexander’s magnificent new mystery A Crimson Warning , I came across a name I had never heard before, that of novelist ...

Scandalous Women on Film - The Conspirator

Cast: James McAvoy as Frederick Aiken Robin Wright as Mary Surratt Evan Rachel Wood as Anna Surratt John Simmons as John Surratt. Toby K...