January 2020 - Loretta Goldberg

January 31, 2020January 27, 2020

Plagues, Theatres, and Deception: Part 1/3

Dear friends and readers, here’s another vignette of how Elizabeth and her councillors managed each other during political turmoil in the 1580s and 90s. I am going to take three blogs for this tale. All my material will be drawn from an article I have always wanted to write about. Barbara Freedman, Protest, Plague and …

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January 21, 2020January 19, 2020

Interview with Joshua Ian

WELCOME JOSHUA IAN, HNS NYC member: Co-host with me and Christina Britton Conroy with me at our Book Launch Event: January 30, at BGSQD Bookstore, NYC. Joshua, welcome to my blog. I had seen you at HNS meetings and spoken to you on the phone, in my regular “Are you coming to the meeting” nag …

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January 16, 2020January 7, 2020

Portcullis. Greyhound. Short-necked king with fat face. Long-necked king with thin face. How getting these images muddled up nearly derailed Elizabeth I’s signature economic achievement: purifying English coinage.

Dear friends and readers, To welcome our new decade, I want to share another vignette from my enduring fascination with what made Elizabeth I an astute politician, one of the most successful European rulers of her time. Confession: the drama of the near-failure and scramble to triumph of Elizabeth’s most cherished reform in 1560-62 excites …

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January 10, 2020January 7, 2020

OPEN ENCHANTING HISTORICAL CLOSETS WITH THREE NY NOVELISTS

Enjoy drinks at my next event with HNS fellow authors Christina Britton Conroy and Joshua Ian. Author readings, with slides and videos; Q & A. January 30, 2020 7:00 PM Bureau of General Services—Queer Division: 208 West 13th Street, Room 210, New York, NY, 10011, United States $10 suggested donation to benefit the Bureau. No …

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January 7, 2020

Elizabeth I’s Woad Wobbles

Dear Friends and readers, To welcome 2020 and a new decade, I want to share my enduring fascination with what made Elizabeth I an astute politician, one of the most successful European rulers of her time, some even say her millennium? What eccentric vignettes can shed light on how she and her councillors managed crises …

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