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The Tudor War on Libel

Oct 24, 2024 | historytoday.com | Steven Veerapen

As rude rhymes and rumours threatened reputations, the Elizabethan government attempted to regulate barbed language. To continue reading this article you need to purchase a subscription, available from only £5. Start my trial subscription nowIf you have already purchased access, or are a print & archive subscriber, please ensure you are logged in. Please email [email protected] if you have any problems.
Unveiling the secrets: A journey beneath Levin Little Theatre

Aug 6, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Craig Hoyle |Leslie Jones |Steven Veerapen |Clara Batten

A cast photo from a production of A Christmas Carol by Levin Little Theatre. Leala Faleseuga is the digital inclusion co-ordinator at Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō Levin Library. Last week, myself and my fellow librarian Kiri found ourselves crawling on all fours, in semi-darkness, under the Levin Little Theatre.
James I: The Wisest Fool

Jul 14, 2024 | aspectsofhistory.com | Oliver Webb-Carter |Steven Veerapen

James I: The Wisest FoolWhat makes a good king? What, for that matter, makes a good leader? Nowadays, we might identify qualities such as charisma, presence, and – one would hope – intelligence in decision-making and genuine care for the wellbeing of the people governed. In a monarch, especially, is required – and has always been expected – that indefinable quality: majesty.
The Pirate Menace, by Angus Konstam

Jul 7, 2024 | aspectsofhistory.com | Steven Veerapen

Few other outlaw groups in history have left such an enduring legacy as the seafaring pirates of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In The Pirate Menace, Angus Konstam explores how, when, why, and where the world’s most infamous (and many lesser known) pirates plied their trade. Along the way, he investigates whether their complicated historical reputations – were they bloodthirsty villains or noble outlaws serving an alternative moral value system? – arose.
The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI and I

Jun 13, 2024 | booksfromscotland.com | Steven Veerapen

ABOUT THIS BOOK PUBLISHER: Birlinn General ISBN: 9781780278735 RRP: £15.99 PAGES: 432 PUBLICATION DATE: September 5, 2024 By (author) Steven Veerapen James VI and I, the first monarch to reign over Scotland, England and Ireland, has long endured a mixed reputation. To many, he is simply the homosexual King, the inveterate witch-roaster, the smelly sovereign who never washed, the colourless man behind the authorised Bible bearing his name, or the drooling fool whose speech could barely be...
Great & Horrible News, by Blessin Adams

Mar 17, 2024 | aspectsofhistory.com | Steven Veerapen

As a former policewoman, Blessin Adams is well aware of the human cost of murder. In Great and Horrible News, this moving nonfiction study, she investigates the crimes that shook Tudor and Stuart England. In doing so, she approaches her cases forensically: and what a diverse bunch of true crimes they are.
The Wisest Fool | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online

Sep 7, 2023 | birlinn.co.uk | Steven Veerapen

The AuthorSteven VeerapenSteven Veerapen was born in Glasgow to a Scottish mother and a Mauritian father and raised in Paisley. Pursuing an interest in the sixteenth century, he was awarded a first-class Honours degree in English, focussing his dissertation on representations of Henry VIII’s six wives.
Fiction Book of the Month: Steven Veerapen on The Queen's Fire

Aug 27, 2023 | aspectsofhistory.com | Steven Veerapen

The Queen’s Fire is the third instalment in the Christopher Marlowe series, how does this novel differ from the first two in the collection? The difference between this book and the previous ones is two-fold, I think. For one, Christopher Marlowe is, for once, dragged reluctantly into the central drama (whereas in the previous adventures, he was very much thirsting for adventure!).
Tudor Times

Aug 15, 2023 | tudortimes.co.uk | Steven Veerapen

Steven Veerapen was born in Glasgow and raised in Paisley. Pursuing an interest in the sixteenth century, he was awarded a first-class Honours degree in English, focussing his dissertation on early modern representations of Henry VIII’s six wives. He then received a Masters in Renaissance studies, which looked at Renaissance-era visual and literary representations of the later Tudors, and a Ph.D. investigating Elizabethan slander.
The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI and I

Jul 24, 2023 | booksfromscotland.com | Steven Veerapen

By (author) Steven Veerapen James VI and I has long endured a mixed reputation. To many, he is the homosexual King, the inveterate witch-roaster, the smelly sovereign who never washed, the colourless man behind the authorised Bible bearing his name, the drooling fool whose speech could barely be understood. For too long, he has paled in comparison to his more celebrated – and analysed – Tudor and Stuart forebears. But who was he really? To what extent have myth, anecdote, and rumour obscured him?