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I spent seven years (2014-21) researching and writing my first book, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Predestination.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

I wove a fictional tale around actual historical events, locations and people. Of course it is a work of fiction, so the characters\u2019 thoughts and specific deeds are of my own invention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I find Tudor history endlessly fascinating and I wanted to share that fascination with you, and have a conversation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite my interest, I struggle with keeping track of the all dates and names, maybe you do too? What I found was, if the dry facts are enmeshed in a human story, then they start to make more sense, and I can remember them better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example: Henry VIII was worried about his dynasty (his lack of male heirs) so swapped* his original wife for a newer model\u00a0(* repeat 5 times). We can all remember that, even though we will probably still struggle with the exact dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this blog I aim to delve into the historical events, locations and people, that Dr John Dee, Jack, Kat and their friends find themselves experiencing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My hope is that this will provide a deeper and more immersive experience for us all to enjoy, and maybe, just maybe, remember the names and some of the dates as we go.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a Tudor-themed photo to share I would love to see it on the blog, expanding our collective understanding of the period: a location, character, or artefact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until then, happy reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julian<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

PS Since starting this blog, my single book, Predestination, has expanded to a whole series, and this website has expanded with spill-over material from my reading and researching. Additionally, I have published a handy iOS app that I built to keep track of the characters and places. Links in the website menu. Take a look\u2026 they\u2019re all freely available for your enhanced enjoyment. JAD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I spent seven years (2014-21) researching and writing my first book,  Predestination. I wove a fictional tale around actual historical events, locations and people. Of course it is a work of fiction, so the characters\u2019 thoughts and specific deeds are of my own invention. I find Tudor history endlessly fascinating and I wanted to share that fascination … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1087","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jadownes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jadownes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jadownes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jadownes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jadownes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jadownes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103,"href":"https:\/\/jadownes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087\/revisions\/1103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jadownes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}