Tales from Tudor Times
by LR Shimer
Time Travel ! Romance ! Suspense! In this companion to LR Shimer's novel series, the author shares time traveling Tudor tidbits like: Queen Elizabeth the First's Love Interests, Time Portals, and The Sleeping Dragon. Find out more at https://talesfromtudortimes.blogspot.com
Episodes
-
TT52 - Kisses, Collies, and Confessions- Romancing Will
Welcome to the past. “So, now you know why I had to steal your miniature and come back,” Will said. I nodded. “That kid is totally clueless. He’ll never survive without you.” Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times....
-
TT51 - Terror in Tudor Times : Scourge of the Sweating Sickness
Time traveler Bella Salas experiences the terrifying Tudor-era English Sweating Sickness, characterized by sudden, intense, and often fatal symptoms, as described in Tangled in Tudor Times. This deadly disease, marked by severe sweating and high mortality, highlights the intense fear and lack of...
-
TT50 - Roses, Lucious and Sweet - Beloved and Sweet - Beloved of the Tudors (A Favorite)
Welcome to the time traveling past… There sleeps Titania some time of the night, Lull’d in these flowers with dance and delight. Shakespeare was a Tudor. He knew the import of roses. Masses of flowering bushes trailed along the path. They hung over gates and dangled from arbors and walkways....
-
TT49 - A Tudor Gift
A holiday break from Bella’s time…Slightly rough … Welcome to the past. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X
-
TT48 - Tudor Eatables ( a favorite)
Time Traveling Bella, finds festive meals in the Tudor era as tasty as her abuela’s holiday spreads. Welcome to the past. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X
-
TT47 - Beyond the Tudor Tapestry – Shadows in the Gleanings
This month’s cast is an excerpt from Tangled in Tudor Times Warning Sexual Predation The girls from the cottages had all been warned to stay together and watch out for men wandering the area looking for work. Alice was unconcerned. She’d been avoiding the lascivious attentions of men for as long…
more -
TT46 Celebrating A Fourth Year with Tudors
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 forth-sixth episode of the Tales from Tudor Times podcast provides a...
-
TT45 - Reflections in Glass and Time
Reflections in Glass and Time. Know how and excerpts from the time traveling novel Tangled in Tudor Times. The circular shape of a traditional Rose Window is often divided into sections and represents the perfection of God and the cyclical nature of time. The rose flower, in a stained glass…
more -
TT44 - Tudors in Turquoise Time
Turquoise Threads through a Rose Window. Excerpts from the time traveling novel Tangled in Tudor Times. Stop by and visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X
-
TT43 - Tudor Business
Welcome to the past. An excerpt from the time traveling novel Tangled in Tudor Times chapter, “Sign of the Ship’s Master Stop by and visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X...
-
TT42 - Tudor Farm Life - It takes a Goat
Time Traveler Bella Salas meets a pair of crazy goats, and gets a kick out of life on a Tudor farm. Welcome to the past. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X
-
TT41 - A Tudor Christmas Carol
Time Travelers have been singing 'Down in Yon Forrest' from medieval through Renaissance times. They continue ‘till this day, thanks to folk music collectors like Ralph Vaughn. Welcome to the past. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times....
-
TT40 - Tudor Eatables
Time Traveling Bella’s finds festive meals in the Tudor era as tasty as her abuela’s holiday spreads. Welcome to the past. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X
-
TT39 - Tudor Witches - A Favorite
It’s that season when witches are among us. It wasn't only King James who lit 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 and visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor...
-
TT38 - Tudor Servants or Servitors – Titles Matter
Time Traveling Bella’s always learning more about the Tudor era. Alice was dependent on the patronage of the Hobey household. She was being educated alongside their children so that, as Lady Hobey had told me, she might “better herself”. Alice didn’t have much time for playing with cats. In…
more -
TT37 - Celebrating A Third Year with Tudors
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 thirty-seventh episode of the Tales from Tudor Times podcast provides a...
-
TT36 - A Tudor Matchmaker – Lady Hobey Knew her Job
In Tangled in Tudor Times, time travelling Bella Salas drops unexpectedly into the sixteenth century, where her hostess, Lady Hobey, immediately sets her up with a desirable suitor. Welcome to the past, Bella. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times....
-
TT35 - A Tudor Progress – Queen Elizabeth had Secrets
In Tangled in Tudor Times, time travelling Bella Salas drops unexpectedly into the sixteenth century. There her matchmaking hostess directs her to embroider luxurious linens for a secret visit from Queen Elizabeth I. Welcome to the past, Bella. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in...
-
TT34 A Tudor Brief - Summer is a Comin' In
Approaching that time of the year we Tudor fans love best. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. https://www.amazon.com/Tangled-Tudor-Times-Tales-ebook/dp/B09M32DQ9X
-
TT33 - Cloisters: A Tudor Take Over
TT33 - CLOISTERS – A TUDOR TAKE OVER - A Time Traveler's Guide to Cloistered Life before and after the English Reformation. Just a few generations ago the Priory was home to a convent of nuns. Now, in the sixteenth century, a gentrified Elizabethan family is established on the ancient monastic...
-
TT32 - The Sleeping Dragon. Romancing Hadrian's Wall. Favorite Episode
In Tangled in Tudor Times time traveling heroine Bella Salas, and her hosts’ son Pip, are hunting for a Roman Dragon who has been napping in England’s North Country for nearly two thousand years. Reflections on the Tudor import pottery, majolica, are interwoven with a review of Romans in Britain,...
-
TT31 - Tudor Treats - Eeels
Though Eeels aren’t time traveler Bella Salas’ favorite dish, her sixteenth century hosts are big fans of these snaky looking fish. Enjoy eel excerpts from Tangled in Tudor Times as well as an Elizabethan cook’s way with Eels. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times....
-
TT 30 - A Tudor Collie, Rufus was a Farm Dog
Dogs have been good companions to people for centuries. In this ‘cast I share my family’s dog whistle, as well as tidbits about the development of border collies, and a few of heroine Bella Sallas’ experiences with the Tudor collie, Rufus. My favorite is the excerpt when Will Sainsbury finds…
more -
TT29 - Beyond the Tudor Tapestry - A Time Traveler's Guide to Life in the Great Hall
Just a few generations ago the Priory was home to a convent of nuns. But now, in the sixteenth century, Elizabethans are firmly established on the ancient estate. When time travelling Bella Salas drops in, she finds her way to the Priory’s great hall, a mixture of Renaissance and Medieval...
-
TT28 - Hedgehogs, Marchpane, and Tudor Predators
Welcome to the past. A pile of sweets, pass under my nose at this time of year. The Hoby’s Tudor era cook calls it marchpane. Bella’s 21’st family refers to it as marzipan. Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times.
-
TT27 - Tobacco, A Tudor Treasure?
When Bella Salas falls unexpectedly into the Elizabethan era, she encounters a Tudor sailor. Could he be the Predator she’s been searching for? After all, he is a smoker! Stop by to visit the sixteenth century in Tangled in Tudor Times. The Legacy of Tobacco has continued for nearly 400 years.…
more -
TT26 - Tudor Witches
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…
more -
TT25 - Wooly 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...
-
TT-24 Celebrating a Second Year with Tudors
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...
-
TT23 - Change is a Comin’? - Spanish Inquisition, Reconquista, and Royalty
My Tangled in Tudor Times’ 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...
-
TT22 – Kathryn Parr – One Tough Cookie
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...
-
TT21 – Catherine Howard – No Will
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…
more -
TT20 - Anne of Cleaves – The Queen Who Didn’t Take
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...
-
TT19 - Tragic Heroine or Ignoble Opportunist - Did Jane Seymour Lay Plans?
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...
-
TT18 - A Little Neck – Anne Boleyn Held on for Ten years
Tangled in Tudor Times’ 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…
more -
TT17 - A Less than Loyal Heart - Katherine of Aragon Came First
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...
-
TT16 - PART 2 - Reign of the Ruff OR Females in Farthingales
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,...
-
TT15 - Reign of the Ruff OR Females in Farthingales PART 1
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,...
-
TT14 - Packing for a manly Tudor
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’...
-
TT13 - Roses, Lucious and Sweet - Beloved of the Tudors
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…
more -
TTT12 - Celebrating a Year with Tudors
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...
-
TTT11 –King Arthur and his Gang
In 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…
more -
TTT10 - Pay Up Tudors! Making Sense of Spending in the Sixteenth Century
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...
-
TTT9 - Caps Off to Tudors
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
-
TTT8 - Tudor Weapons and War
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...
-
TTT7 – A Tudor Spring – Romancing English Flowers and Gardens
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
-
TTT6 – The Sleeping Dragon — Romancing Hadrian’s Roman Wall
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,...
-
TTT5 - Embroidery - A Stitch in Tudor Time
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…
more -
TTT4 - Where does a Time Traveler put up in Tudor Times? A priory.
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".
-
TTT3 - Traveling to the Sixteenth Century
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...
About this show
Time Travel ! Romance ! Suspense! In this companion to LR Shimer's novel series, the author shares time traveling Tudor tidbits like: Queen Elizabeth the First's Love Interests, Time Portals, and The Sleeping Dragon. Find out more at https://talesfromtudortimes.blogspot.com
Hosted by
LR Shimer
Categories