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Sun, 28 June
130. The Tudor Book Club
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Famed rivals Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, and Thomas Cromwell were connected by an unlikely common thread: a shared prayerbook. Each owned a copy of the same Book of Hours – a window into devotion, taste, and influence in Tudor England. Join Castle Historian and Assistant Curator at Hever Castle, Kate McCaffrey as she takes you inside the intimate world of Henry VIII’s court. Explore how these powerful figures used books to forge hidden networks, subtle alliances, and quiet rivalries. Discover how devotion, diplomacy, and personal taste intersected in the growing ‘Tudor Book Club’ and how these treasured pages reveal a world of power, intrigue, and human connection beneath the pomp and politics of the royal court.
