Tales from Tudor Times

It's that season when witches are among us, and it isn’t only King James who lights a flame against the Devil’s minions. Bella Salas learns about fear and loathing in the village, when she falls unexpectedly into the Elizabethan Era. Stop by amazon.com and visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times.

Bella Salas found herself unexpectedly engaging in wooly thinking when she fell through time into the Elizabethan era. That sort of thing can leave our gal Bella engaging in wooly thinking, woolgathering, and may well leave her feeling wooly headed. This podcast contains the kind of tidbits Bella picks up when she’s visiting the sixteenth century in  Tangled in Tudor Times . Stop by amazon and pic...

Are you a time traveler who needs to do a bit of historical review before setting out for a visit to the 16’th century? Bella Salas could have used pointers from these podcast episodes when she was Tangled in Tudor Times . This twenty-fourth episode of the Tales from Tudor Times Podcast provides a detailed index of the last year’s episode. You’ll find them nearly as helpful as stopping as stopping...

My   Tangled in Tudor Time s ’ time traveling heroine, Bella Salas, keeps me on the trail of Tudor tidbits. This month . . . It may have been the Reformation for Tudor England, and some other European countries, but religious change did not come to Spain as it did to England. It was going to have an impact on people across the Spanish empire. Want to learn more about Bella Salas and her unexpected...

My  Tangled in Tudor Times ’ time traveling heroine, Bella Salas, keeps me on the trail of Tudor tidbits. This month I consider what survival meant for Henry VIII’s final Renaissance queen, Kathryn Parr, as well as beautiful objects associated with that strong minded, well-educated lady. My January through June 2023 episodes are inspired by a visit to NYC. There I took in the Musical Six on Broadw...

My  Tangled in Tudor Times ’ time traveling heroine, Bella Salas, keeps me on the trail of Tudor tidbits. This month I share: Catherine Howard’s thoughts on Henry VIII from the musical  Six, No Will of Her Own, Music and Dancing -The Lighter Side of Catherine’s courtly life, and some Tudor era goodies that sing Catherine My January through June of 2023 episodes are inspired by a visit to NYC. Ther...

My  Tangled in Tudor Times time traveling heroine, Bella Salas, keeps me on the trail of Tudor tidbits. This month I share, Breaking up ain’t so hard to do when you’re a Tudor King. I also consider why two-timing Tudor boyfriends are just as maddening as their twenty-first century counterparts.  My January through June of 2023 episodes are inspired by a visit to NYC. There I took in the Musical Si...

TT19 - Tragic Heroine or Ignoble Opportunist - Did Jane Seymour Lay Plans? Tangled in Tudor Times ’ heroine Bella Salas keeps me on the trail of Tudor tidbits. This month I look for relics of Jane Seymour and consider her character. Was she the self-effacing, obedient lady-in-waiting who submitted to Henry VIII? Or was she a husband-hunting schemer who gave Anne Boelyn a bad rap and drew Henry int...

Tangled in Tudor Time s ’ Bella Salas keeps me on the trail of  Tudor tidbits. In this episode I look for relics of The Other Woman, Anne Boleyn. Did Anne’s little neck have a chance of surviving her marriage with Henry VIII? His battle to dispose of his first wife, Katherine of Aragon, resulted in a seven year courtship of Anne. He was crazy about her, as long as she kept up her Don’t-do-a-t...

In Tangled in Tudor Times , our favorite time traveler Bella Salas is inspired by the pomegranate badge chosen by Henry VIII’s first wife, Katherine of Aragon, to make plans for a fusion-fashion design of her own. Bella’s not the only maker to find inspiration in the art works around her. On a recent trip to New York City, I was inspired by the musical Six , and the fantastic Metropolitan Museum o...

Welcome to the Past! In Tangled in Tudor Times , Bella Salas has a side hustle she calls Glorianna’s Threads. This fusion-fashion subscription trunk combines elements of modern and 16’th century Elizabethan women’s clothing. When she’s unexpectedly transported through time to the Elizabethan era, Bella has a chance to get up close and personal with Tudor fashions, fabrics, and embellishments. This...

Welcome to the Past! In Tangled in Tudor Times , Bella Salas has a side hustle she calls Glorianna’s Threads. This fusion-fashion subscription trunk combines elements of modern and 16’th century Elizabethan women’s clothing. When she’s unexpectedly transported through time to the Elizabethan era, Bella has a chance to get up close and personal with Tudor fashions, fabrics and embellishments. In th...

Keep an eye out for bombast. Like Bella Salas, in my novel Tangled in Tudor Times , all of us time travelers need to learn not to laugh at the goofy names and styles of men’s clothing in the Elizabethan era. What’s the difference between these manly garments? Test your knowledge. Peafowl or Peas’ cod? Cockles, Jelly, or Bombast? Love-locks or Love Apples? See you in the sixteenth century... LR Shi...

Shakespeare was a Tudor. He knew the import of roses.  There sleeps Titania some time of the night, Lull’d in these flowers with dance and delight. In Tangled in Tudor Times Bella Salas has her own reaction to Tudor roses...Masses of flowering bushes trailed along the path. They hung over gates and dangled from arbors and walkways. Beneath the arch of an ancient, paneled doorway, a wide-petal...

Are you a time traveler who needs to do a bit of historical review before setting out for a visit to the 16’th century? Bella Salas could have used these pointers when she was Tangled in Tudor Times . This twelfth episode of the Tales from Tudor Times podcast provides a detailed index of each month’s episode. You'll find them nearly as helpful as stopping by amazon to pickup a copy of Tangled in T...

I n Tangled in Tudor Times , our favorite time traveler Bella Salas alters Malory's tales of King Arthur to suit her own whims. Merlin might spend an entire night casting a spell that would change a stone into gold. But the fairy girl could transform that same lump of precious metal into an enchanted harp, or gilded flower, with a mere wave of her hand. In the mid 16th century King Henry VIII crea...

Time travelers typically need a few coins to get by in the Tudor era. When Bella Salas unexpectedly shoots through a stained-glass windows into the sixteenth century she manages to get her hands on a few Elizabethan coins. What does she need to know about their worth when she’s Tangled in Tudor Times ? Read more about Bella’s time traveling adventures after you listen to this episode. Read Tangled...

Time traveling Bella Salas falls for Elizabethan caps: linen beauties with elaborate embroidery, a luxurious be-feathered velvet topper, and a plain woolen head covering that helps her escape from a mean suitor. Enjoy an Elizabethan Cap at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum

How much have times changed when it comes to weapons and war? Learn more when you read Tangled in Tudor Times . In this book Software Engineer Bella Salas tumbles through a stained-glass window into the era of Queen Elizabeth the First, and finds romance and suspense in the shadow of the Roman Emperor Hadrian's ancient wall. In this podcast episode I share: What's a Weapon? Tudor Weapons, Novel Ex...

In Tangled in Tudor Times time traveler Bella Salas finds food crops, medicinal plants, and magic herbs springing forth in Elizabethan gardens and fields. What did she see?  EXPLICIT

In Tangled in Tudor Times time travelling heroine Bella Salas, and her hosts’ son Pip, are on a hunt for a Roman Dragon who has been napping in England’s North Country for nearly two thousand years. Thoughts of the Tudor import pottery, majolica, are interwoven with a review of Romans in Britain, from the time they plant their first boots on the ground, until they leave several centuries later.

What is embroidery? What techniques did Tudor makers use when they embroidered? How is tapestry work different from embroidery? Why were Tudors drawn to this art form? Who embroidered in the Elizabethan era?  Author LR Shimer reads aloud from Tangled in Tudor Times as Time traveler Bella Salas works on an embroidery project for Queen Elizabeth the First.  Buy Tangled in Tudor Times as an...

In Tangled in Tudor Times time traveler Bella Salas needs a place to stay. She puts up in a priory. But during Queen Elizabeth the First's era, priories aren't what they used to be. It all started with Henry the VIII and the "Kings Great Matter".

In August of 2021, I participated in the San Mateo Library program A Fine Romance, and was honored to read aloud from Tangled in Tudor Times , the first of six time travel romantic suspense books in my Tudor Times and Tales series. In anticipation of Tangled in Tudor Times ' release this month , I'm reading from the book I shared at A Fine Romance.

The sounds of Greensleeves — thanks to Creative Commons artist Dobroide at freesound.org . Did Queen Elizabeth's Daddy, Henry VIII,  compose Greensleves? Why do people like the idea of Henry VIII composing this song ? Why are these Elizabethans making music? Because the local folk need it to dance . Sharing story from the Tangled in Tudor Times chapter, La Volta .