Books, tea & Tudor history in London 📚 Birthday haul

Описание: What happens when a history nerd turns 29! Starting my 30th year with lots of Tudor history, an afternoon tea at Fortnums and a bit of book shopping in London 📚 Buy a book and support my channel! https://www.blackwells.co.uk?a_aid=cl... (affiliate link)

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Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00
0:42 My love of London & top tip for tourists
2:58 Let's talk the Six Wives of Henry VIII!
My review of Six Lives exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
8:32 Museum gift shop haul
12:50 Decorations haul! My St. Nicholas collection
17:02 Waterstones book haul
22:07 Afternoon tea at Fortnum and Mason
22:52 Tea haul! Fortnums and Bird and Blend
25:21 My new William Morris tea pot
26:49 A book shopping trip to Hatchards 👋 Mrs Dalloway
27:33 New biography of Virginia Woolf
29:02 Birthday celebrations

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📚 Books mentioned:
Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII's Queens by Charlotte Bolland (National Portrait Gallery)
Firebrand by Elizabeth Freemantle (Penguin Books)
Inside the Tudor Court: Henry VIII and his Six Wives through the eyes of the Spanish Ambassador by Dr Lauren Mackay
The Thistle and the Rose: The Extraordinary Life of Margaret Tudor by Linda Porter (Apollo, Bloomsbury)
Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World by Kathryn Hughes (4th Estate, HarperCollins)

❓ FAQ:
What type of videos do you make? I love book shopping videos featuring my favourite book shops across the UK (especially in Yorkshire and London) and cozy chatty vlogs about my recent reads!
Where do you live? I live in York with my husband Ben and two cats (Sybil and Freyja). I lived in London for 7 and still visit multiple times a month for work 🇬🇧
What do you do for work? I work in the book publishing industry in marketing!
What did you study? I studied English Literature at York St. John University (BA) and University of York (MA) specialising in the 18th Century
Who are your favourite authors? I love Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Elizabeth Gaskell, E.M. Forster, Virginia Woolf and Agatha Christie to name a few!
Favourite eras of history? I'm obsessed with the Tudors, Georgians and Victorians! I also love reading about the home front during WW2

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