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You are indeed lucky! I actually have pictures of Hever throughout my house, with pictures of the exterior, gardens, etc. I have to be content with that!

I've always thought that historians are too quick to write off or to ignore Anne Cleves, she is certainly one of my favorites.

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thank you for the lovely reply. I think you could find some medical records of that time, but it would be quite an undertaking, expensive, and possibly lead nowhere. My daughter went to school with a girl whose father was a medical historian at Penn. Wrote a book about the assasination of President Garfield, which I read when we were neighbors, but they moved to Boston, as his wife Drew Faust is now the president of Harvard. Boy, nothing like name dropping, but it's true.
I know about the itunes lectures, but I did forget! I will definitely listen to some. Oddly, I think University of Penna,(I am an alumni and live in Phille), has a top Tudor History department, but would you believe the woman who lectures is on sabbatical? When she returns I think she would be more than happy to let me listen to some of her lectures, but being a big shot she only teaches one course. Please excuse my first post, the typos were atrotious. Didn't proof read, and got interrupted. I'm embarassed. Goodnight. It's late, and I must say the roto tilling was strenuous. I've had my cocktails, and face another uphill climb tomorrow. I'm still kicking, and I think someday I'll laugh about this, or at least tell my grandchildren about the depression, like my Father tells us. His stories are all about bootleggers, speakeasies,and stock trades. He came from a wealthy backround, but hey, everyone was poor then, just like now.
I still have the internet, on demand cable, and 3 gorgeous brilliant daughters, although they are still spending not earning! My twins are freshman with 7 scholarships at UVM, but we still are paying huge tuitions, including my older one who stayed 5 years to write a thesis, and then went to grad school immediately But they are fab. I am sooo lucky.
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"ABE is a fantastic source! And, of course, if one is lucky enough to live close to one, there are some fantastic mega used book stores out there. I recommend an extra suitcase when traveling to New York, so all the books I buy at The Strand can fit into it!

Cecil and Walsingham are definitely included in the project; I can't remember who exactly off the top of my head at the moment, but there was one author who argued (in an article) that the power of the monarchy was limited by Elizabeth being a female ruler. She claimed that society's gender expectations inevitably weakened the monarchy under Elizabeth and made it possible for Charles's head to be lobbed off in the next century. It was very interesting, and Cecil was a major factor listed of course. In fact, there seems to be a line drawn in the gender scholarship concerning Cecil. So, you see, Cecil must be included. :-) "

As you surely know, Cecil and Walsingham both pushed a strong Protestant agenda; they pushed her away from any thoughts of marriage with non-protestants, I keep saying religion had so much to do with it all! She was fair, and I would guess resented their constant haranguing. THey certainly were devious enough behind the scenes as well. SHe proved them all wrong with her reign. "The body of a woman but the heart of a man!"

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