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I'm historian Claire Ridgway

I'm the best-selling author of 13 history books and the founder of the TheAnneBoleynFiles.com, Elizabethfiles.com and The Tudor Society.

I help Tudor history lovers worldwide to gain access to experts and resources to discover the real stories behind myths and fiction, so that they grow in knowledge while connecting with like-minded people and indulging their passion for history.

I am a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. I was a contributor for the BBC docudrama The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family, and have been featured in BBC History Extra, USA Today, History of Royals Magazine, the Express, and Refinery 29, as well as on podcasts including Suzannah Lipscomb's Not Just the Tudors, Gareth Russell's Single Malt History, Natalie Grueninger's Talking Tudors, Hever Castle's Inside Hever, James Boulton's Queens of England, and many more.

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In today's \"The Tudors in their own words\", historian Claire Ridgway shares an excerpt from a letter written by an imprisoned Thomas Cromwell to Henry VIII in 1540.

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In today's \"The Tudors in their own words\", historian Claire Ridgway shares an excerpt from a letter written by an imprisoned Thomas Cromwell to Henry VIII in 1540.