The Tudor Diaries; Anne Boleyn...

I cannot sleep. The hour is late, and my head is filled with the wonderous doings of this day; Elizabeth’s christening. The scratch of this quill on parchment is the only sound in this room.

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Facing up to Fashion

Masks became an acceptable barrier to dust and grime and gave women a way of moving about the city incognito when they were usually confined to the home, their every move judged on a moral level.

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