Historical Novels: Renaissance. For news on the latest reviews, author interviews and additions to this website, see the blog. Religious reform was among those new ideas, making life more hazardous for some outspoken Protestants and Catholics. For more information, see the Wikipedia article on the Renaissance. England, France and Italy are especially well represented in historical fiction set during this period, but excellent historical novels have also been set in countries ranging from Ireland to Holland. If you don't find a novel you're looking for on this page, try the Medieval Europe page. Antony Tudor (4 April 1908 – 19 April 1987) was an English ballet choreographer, teacher and dancer.Novels set outside Europe (if they feature a non- European point of view) are listed by location. Review. Peter Ackroyd, The House of Doctor Dee (1. London man who begins to have mysterious dreams and visions after he inherits a house owned by Dr. Dee, a mathematician, astrologer and philosopher who served as an adviser to Queen Elizabeth. Review. Laura Andersen, The Boleyn King (2. Anne Boleyn might have had, beginning shortly before his eighteenth birthday; #1 in the Boleyn trilogy. Barrington, Anne Boleyn (1. L. Adams Beck; both Beck and Barrington were pen names for author Eliza Louisa Moresby Beck), about Anne Boleyn. Robert Hugh Benson, By What Authority? An English rose pattern for needlework and cross-stitch from 1601. ROLEX MARCONI TUDOR A HISTORY WITH RESTORATIONS and Rolex & The Great Escape A True Story BY ROCK SCARFONE ROLEX 1901 -1910 Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law. Tudor Owen, Actor: One Hundred and One Dalmatians. This distinctive-looking, bushy-browed, heavy-set Welsh character actor played dozens of rustics, sea captains. Igor Tudor (born 16 April 1978) is a Croatian football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Karab. Tudor spent much of his career at the. We’re living in a Tudor mad world which is great news for us Tudor history fans and those of us who enjoy an historical novel or biography. You can see a full range. 1963.5 Galaxie 500 2-door hardtop Fastback. 352 V-8, 3-speed column shift, P/S, manual brakes, A/C. New windshield & rubber. Car runs and drives very smooth, doesn't. History of the Plate The first plate issued in Massachusetts has been in the Tudor family since 1903. Plate sizes were not standardized until 1957. Historical Novels: Renaissance Europe and Tudor England. For news on the latest reviews, author interviews and additions to this website, see the blog. The Tudor was purchased by John and Betty Mouzoure on 1st April (yes really!) 1963. Built as a bakery in the 17th century and sympathetically extended over the years. Robert Hugh Benson, The King's Achievement (1. Henry VIII; a prequel to By What Authority?; complete text at Google Books. Robert Hugh Benson, The Queen's Tragedy (1. Queen Mary Tudor which focuses on the social devastation resulting from the Reformation in England; forms a trilogy with By What Authority? Robert Hugh Benson, Come Rack! Review or Author Interview. D. L. Bogdan, The Sumerton Women (2. Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn bring religious upheaval to England. Bogdan, The Forgotten Queen (2. Margaret Tudor, a sister of Henry VIII who married King James IV of Scotland. Review. Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun, a bawdy literary novel about Shakespeare's love life. Review. John Buchan, Blanket of the Dark, about a young man who discovers he is royal and is being used as the pawn of men who wish to overthrow King Henry VIII. Review. Warwick Collins, The Sonnets (2. Will Shakespeare during the years when he wrote his sonnets, inspired by the . Review. Josephine Delves- Broughton, Heart of a Queen (1. England's Queen Elizabeth I. Review. Dorothy Dunnett, Queens' Play (1. Scot who goes to France with the covert mission of protecting the child Mary Queen of Scots in the French court; #2 in the Lymond Chronicles. Review. Dorothy Dunnett, The Disorderly Knights (1. Scot who goes to Malta in 1. Turkish attack; #3 in the Lymond Chronicles. Review. Dorothy Dunnett, Pawn in Frankincense (1. Scot on a mission to the Ottoman Empire, where he also searches for a missing child; #4 in the Lymond Chronicles. Review. Dorothy Dunnett, The Ringed Castle (1. Scot who becomes an adviser to the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible; #5 in the Lymond Chronicles. Review. Dorothy Dunnett, Checkmate (1. Scot who goes to France to lead an army against England; #6 in the Lymond Chronicles. Review. Olive Eckerson, My Lord Essex (1. Queen Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex. Review. Carolly Erickson, Rival to the Queen (2. Lettice Knollys, the second wife of Elizabeth I's favorite Robert Dudley. Review or Author Interview. Carolly Erickson, The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots (2. Mary, Queen of Scots, told in the form of a memoir. Review at the Washington Post. Rosemary Goring, After Flodden (2. Scottish survivor of the Battle of Flodden Field and the woman who asks him to help her find out whether her brother survived the battle. Review. Philippa Gregory, The Taming of the Queen (2. Kateryn Parr, the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII. Review. Karen Harper, The Irish Princess (2. Hoyt, No Will But His (2. Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII. Humphreys, The French Executioner (2. French swordsman hired to behead Anne Boleyn, and his vow to bury her six- fingered hand, symbol of witchcraft, at a crossroads; #1 in the French Executioner series. Humphreys, Blood Ties (2. The Curse of Anne Boleyn), about the son of the aging French swordsman who beheaded Anne Boleyn, and the Roman cardinal who summons him to find her missing hand; #2 in the French Executioner series. Humphreys, Shakespeare's Rebel (2. Shakespeare who hopes to avoid being caught up with the court intrigues and military adventures of the Earl of Essex. Review. Margaret Irwin, Elizabeth: Captive Princess (1. Elizabeth Tudor before she became Queen of England; #2 in the Good Queen Bess trilogy. Review. Margaret Irwin, Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain (1. Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip of Spain, the husband of her sister, Queen Mary Tudor; #3 in the Good Queen Bess trilogy. Review. Margaret Irwin, The Galliard: The Great Love of Mary Queen of Scots (1. The Gay Galliard), about Mary Queen of Scots and the Earl of Bothwell. John Dee across Europe in 1. Review or Author Interview. Michele Kallio, Betrayal (2. Anne Boleyn and then receives a copy of the maid's diary; self- published. Review. Norah Lofts, The King's Pleasure (1. Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of King Henry VIII. Review. Hilary Mantel, Bring Up the Bodies (2. Henry VIII's adviser Thomas Cromwell during the period when Henry becomes disenchanted with Anne Boleyn and enamored of Jane Seymour; sequel to Wolf Hall. Marley, Blood and Ink (2. Christopher Marlowe which explores the idea that he may have written the plays of Shakespeare. Mason, Fire Over England (1. England under the threat of the Spanish Armada during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Shakespeare: The Complete Works (1. Anne Shakespeare's memoirs. Thomas's Eve (1. 95. The King's Confidante), about Sir Thomas More, who was executed for opposing King Henry VIII's divorce and subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn, and his daughter Margaret Roper. Rex: Tudor England's Young King (2. Henry VIII's son and heir, Edward, from the age of seven when his training to become king begins; self- published. Review at The New York Times. Judith Merkle Riley, The Serpent Garden, about a woman miniature- painter in the time of King Henry VIII. George, The Most Happy (2. Anne Boleyn from her years at the French court to her death; self- published. George, The Last Tudor (2. Queen Elizabeth I; self- published. Review. Beryl Walthew, The Queen's Rival (1. Lettice Knollys, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth, who had an affair with Elizabeth's favorite, the Earl of Leicester, and later married him; out of print and not readily available. Review. Nancy Bilyeau, The Chalice (2. Dominican nun who may be destined to play a role in an unfolding prophecy which threatens Henry VIII; #2 in the Joanna Stafford series. Review. Nancy Bilyeau, The Tapestry (2. Catherine Howard from becoming the next victim of Henry VIII; #3 in the Joanna Stafford series. John Dee, who has disappeared with a mirror of great magical power; #3 in the Sword of Albion trilogy. Chisholm, A Famine of Horses (1. Scottish border, who discovers in the course of a murder investigation that a clan uprising may be brewing; P. F. Chisholm is a pen name of Patricia Finney; #1 in the Sir Robert Casey mystery series. Chisholm, A Season of Knives (1. Scottish border who finds himself accused of murder; P. F. Chisholm is a pen name of Patricia Finney; #2 in the Sir Robert Casey mystery series. Chisholm, A Surfeit of Guns (1. English deputy warden who crosses the Scottish border in pursuit of a stolen gun shipment and risks charges of treason in both countries; P. F. Chisholm is a pen name of Patricia Finney; #3 in the Sir Robert Casey mystery series. Chisholm, A Plague of Angels (1. Scottish border, who returns to London to find himself under accusation in a case of forgery and murder; P. F. Chisholm is a pen name of Patricia Finney; #4 in the Sir Robert Casey mystery series. Washington Post review. Rory Clements, Revenger (2. Will Shakespeare's elder brother, John, while trying to recover papers in the possession of the Earl of Essex, discovers a plot against Queen Elizabeth's life; winner of the 2. Ellis Peters Historical Award; #2 in the John Shakespeare series. Review. Michelle Diener, Keeper of the King’s Secrets (2. Dutch woman painter in the service of Henry VIII who must find a missing diamond with the help of her betrothed after an attempt to kill her; #2 in the Susanna Horenbout series. Gortner, The Tudor Secret (2. The Secret Lion), about a squire who becomes a spy for Princess Elizabeth during the last days of Henry VIII’s young successor, Edward VI. Review or Author Interview. C. W. Gortner, The Tudor Conspiracy (2. Princess Elizabeth while she is held captive during the reign of Mary Tudor; #2 in the Spymaster Chronicles mystery series. Gortner, The Tudor Vendetta (2. Queen Elizabeth ascends the throne, in order to help her find a lady- in- waiting who has disappeared; #3 in the Spymaster Chronicles mystery series. Andrews in 1. 57. Hew Cullan mystery series. Andrews; #3 in the Hew Cullan mystery series. Sansom, Dissolution (2. Henry VIII’s court sent to investigate the murder of an official involved in the dissolution of the monasteries; #1 in the Matthew Shardlake mystery series. Sansom, Dark Fire (2. Henry VIII’s court and his efforts to help a friend's niece who has been accused of murder; winner of the 2. Ellis Peters Historical Award; #2 in the Matthew Shardlake mystery series. Sansom, Sovereign (2. Henry VIII’s court who discovers that a murder he is investigating could be connected with the royal family; #3 in the Matthew Shardlake mystery series. Sansom, Revelation (2. Henry VIII's court who discovers links between a case of religious mania and the murder of a friend; #4 in the Matthew Shardlake mystery series. Sansom, Heartstone (2. Henry VIII's court who travels to Portsmouth to look into the case of a mistreated orphan as the city prepares for a French attack; #5 in the Matthew Shardlake mystery series. Sansom, Lamentation (2. ROLEX MARCONI TUDOR A HISTORY ROLEX MARCONI TUDORA HISTORYWITHRESTORATIONSand Rolex & The Great Escape. A True Story BY ROCK SCARFONEROLEX1. Hans Wilsdorf and his brother- in- law, Alfred Davis, founded Wilsdorf and Davis, the company that would eventually become Rolex SA, in London, England in 1. The Rolex Watch Company would use the finest innovative cutting edge technologies that were available at that time. Rolex was famous for pushing back the boundaries of achievement in watchmaking. Early Rolex models were superior in reliability to other makers. Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of the Rolex, was constantly trumpeting the accuracy levels to which his Rolex were tuned. Hans Wilsdorf was keen at associating his products with pioneering figures of the time, including scientists and sports figures –such as land speed record challengers. This idea of selling by association was a a brilliant marketing concept in the early 1. Rolex in general. What made this form of marketing a tremendous success was that Rolex actually engineered watches to meet and match Hans Wilsdorf’s advertising agenda. ROLEX WWIISPEED KINGBy the start of WWII Rolex had acquired SO MUCH prestige that Royal Air Force pilots bought them to replace their inferior Gov Issued watches. The result was that Captured officers sent to POW camps had their watches confiscated with intent. When Hans Wilsdorf learned of these fact. Rolex to every individual Officer who could would write and explain the circumstances of their loss and inform him what camp they were in. As a result of this program , an estimated 3,0. Rolex watches were ordered by British officers in the Oflag (prison camp for officers) VII B POW camp in Bavaria alone. This had the effect of raising the morale among the allied POWs. American servicemen who heard about this program when stationed in Europe opened the door to America for Rolex after the war. THE CORPORAL WHO COULD AND WOULDRolex 3. Oyster chronograph. RESTOREDOn 1. 0 March 1. He informed Hans Wilsdorf he intended on paying for it with money he saved working as a shoemaker at the camp. The watch (Rolex watch no. Stalag Luft III on 1. July that year along with a note from Wilsdorf who apologized for any delay in processing the order and explained that an English gentleman such as Corporal Nutting “should not even think” about paying for the watch before the end of the war. Wilsdorf is reported to have been impressed with Nutting because, although not an officer, he had ordered the expensive. Rolex 3. 52. 5 Oyster chronographwhile most other prisoners ordered the much cheaper Rolex Speed King model which was ****popular because of its small size. The ROLEX 3. 52. 5 is believed to have been ordered specifically to be used in the Great Escape when, as a chronograph, it could have been used to time patrols of prison guards or time the 7. The book is dedicated “to the fifty”ACTORSSteve Mc. Queen. James Garner. Richard Attenborough. James Donald. Charles Bronson. Donald Pleasence. James Coburn. A tense, thrilling, fabulous tale.”—Philadelphia Inquirer. They were American and British air force officers in a German prison camp. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, forged passports, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from German surveillance. It was a split- second operation as delicate and as deadly as a time bomb. It demanded the concentrated devotion and vigilance of more than six hundred men—every one of them, every minute, every hour, every day and night for more than a year. Made into the classic movie starring Steve Mc. Queen. 1. 6 pages of photographs***********************************************THE CORPORAL MAKES POUNDS Because of currency export controls in England after the war, Nutting was sent an invoice of only 1. The watch and associated correspondence between Wilsdorf and Nutting were sold at auction for 6. May 2. 00. 7, while at an earlier auction on September 2. A$5. 4,0. 00. Nutting served as a consultant for both the 1. The Wooden Horse and the 1. The Great Escape. Both films were based on actual escapes which took place at Stalag Luft III. It was also reported that in November 2. Rolex Speed King owned by Flight Lieutenant Gerald Imeson during the Great Escape was sold for 6. ROLEX HISTORICAL NATUREThe first waterproof wristwatch “Oyster”, 1. The first 3. 60 full turning self- winding Rolex wristwatch 1. BUBBLE BACK” due to large case back),The first wristwatch with an automatically changing date on the dial (Rolex Datejust 1. The first wristwatch case waterproof to 1. Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner ref. In 1. 90. 1 Gugliemo Marconi successfully demonstrated the first use of radio waves as a means of communication. In 1. 90. 9, Marconi was awarded the Nobel prize for physics and his business had become a great commercial success. Radio communication was ” state of art technology” and this was very exciting to the general public. Hans Wilsdorf believed that by registering the name MARCONI for Rolex watches he would immediately associate his ground breaking watch technology and engineering with the ground braking innovation and progress of of MARCONI’ radio Waves. The Rolex Marconi was thus born and production took off in the 1. MARCONI LINE1. 92. Only the very best movements that Rolex could manufacture were utilized for the Marconi line. Rolex did not place the Marconi name on standard Rolex models but actually on the most expensive lines; lines that were limited production models for customers whom price mattered little and quite literally wanted the best of the best. The expense necessary to acquire a MARCONI reflected the enormous amount of work and detail that went into each one. The majority of these Marconi watches were sold through a very small group of Fine London Jewelers whose customers could afford the high prices. In addition, Rolex made signature Marconi models for other unique World Renown Fine Jewelry and Watch Dealers such as Quervo Y Sobrinos Habana in Cuba. Ultimately It was the MARCONI with it’s hand crafted and assembled movements and the fine attention to detail that forged a legendary reputation for accuracy and reliability and established Rolex as the finest wristwatch maker in the world. RESTORED BY ROCK 2. RESTORED BY ROCK 2. RESTORED BY ROCK 2. TUDOR1. 94. 6To pay tribute to his country and the rich historical Tudor period of England. Hans, Wilsdorf first offered the first Tudor watches in 1. The most important difference between Rolex and Tudor was apparent in the Tudor Oyster’s movement; supplied by Ebauches SA, ETA and not Rolex. Yet Rolex still places high value today due to the fact ETA specially modified the automatic calibers and they were noted as “especially made for Tudor.”Though long regarded as Rolex Tudor, a company was formed specifically called Montres Tudor SA. Montres Tudor has designed, manufactured and marketed the Tudor brand since March 6, 1. Tudor Watch Company created a product for authorized Rolex dealers to sell that offered Rolex reliability and dependability but at a lower price point. Tudor brand watches are currently manufactured by Montres Tudor SA using movements supplied by ETA SA. From Australia, Canada, India, Mexico, South Africa, most countries in Europe and South Asia, to the Middle East, South America — particularly Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela., Tudor built a solid brand with out losing the full flavor of Rolex due to the fact they were manufactured with similar precision. NOTE: Montres Tudor SA IS returned to the United States in the summer of 2. TUDOR RESTORED BY ROCK JAN 2. TUDOR RESTORED BY ROCK JAN 2. TUDOR RESTORED BY ROCK JAN 2. TUDOR RESTORED BY ROCK JAN 2. TUDOR RESTORED BY ROCK JAN 2. FREE USA 8. 00 4. TOLL FREE SUPPORT TUE- SAT 1. PM EST USAINTERNATIONAL SUPPORT +1. TUE- SAT 1. 2- 6. PM EST USAGREAT DEALS IN OUR EBAY STORE OR GSWTreasures ON EBAY!
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