by sue.copsey | Dec 20, 2024 | Wife After Wife
James II c1690, by an unknown artist According to reports in the UK media, Rachel Reeves, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, has resolved to replace the portraits of men that hang in the state room of her new official home, No.11 Downing Street, with portraits of,...
by sue.copsey | Sep 18, 2024 | Wife After Wife
Recently I was invited by The Spinoff (New Zealand’s favourite news and culture website) to confess my deepest, darkest book secrets, from the book I’d like to be buried with to the one I may have lied about reading. It’s all here. Enjoy!...
by sue.copsey | Jun 15, 2020 | Wife After Wife
From golden god to obese tyrant – the evolution of Henry VIII In the run up to the UK publication of Wife After Wife in July, I’ve been thinking (again! Not obsessed – no, not at all) about how Henry VIII changed over the course of his reign, both in temperament...
by sue.copsey | Jan 28, 2021 | Wife After Wife
catherine of aragon Over the coming weeks I’ll be posting mini-bios of Henry VIII’s six wives. I hope these will be of interest to those reading Wife After Wife and pondering on the historical counterparts of Harry’s wives. So to our first Mrs Tudor, Catherine of...
by sue.copsey | Feb 19, 2020 | Wife After Wife
Anne Boleyn Recreated in Wife After Wife as ice queen Ana Lyebon No character polarises Tudorphiles quite like Henry VIII’s second wife. Watch them spar in Tudor Facebook groups: Conniving seductress! Iconic feminist! She knew exactly what she was doing! She was a...
by sue.copsey | Mar 3, 2020 | Wife After Wife
Jane Seymour And so we come to Henry’s third wife, Jane Seymour, reincarnated in Wife After Wife as his secretary, Janette Morrissey. What interesting things can I find to say about Jane? Not a lot, to be honest. Did I say boring? I look at this painting and I’m...
