Author: Lady Trader

"Lady Trader" is a Brooklyn girl, and a Wall Street lifer! Recently fought cancer, and won! I love heavy metal, history, sci-fi, oh, and blogging about Billions and it's great lead actor, Damian Lewis!

Wolf Hall: These Costumes Deserve Their Own Crown (and an Emmy)

 

If you’ve watched Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, you probably already know how stunning the costumes are – but now the Emmys have made it official. The series is nominated for Outstanding Period Costumes at this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards that will be broadcast on Sunday, September 14th at 8:00 PM EST on CBS. Joanna Eatwell (Costume Designer), Havva Buckles (Costume Supervisor) and Clare Vyse (Assistant Costume Designer) are being recognized for their spectacular work in the series, and particularly the episode “Wreckage”.

The costumes in this series are more than just historically accurate—they’re powerful, full of character, and absolutely gorgeous. We have already gushed about them in our “Best of Wolf Hall” posts, but this nomination gave us the perfect excuse to revisit our top five favorite looks from the series. Continue reading “Wolf Hall: These Costumes Deserve Their Own Crown (and an Emmy)”

Lady Tudors’ Fun Facts About Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light – Ep 6 Light

Welcome back to Court and to the final episode of “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light”

We have come to episode six, Light, and this may be my favorite of the entire two seasons. This episode did something I did not think was possible – make me feel sympathy for Thomas Cromwell. This series did what I feel the books did not do – show that Cromwell did feel remorse or at least questioned the actions he took to stay at the top of Henry’s good graces. As someone who is an “Anne Stan” I will always have a negative opinion of the real Cromwell. The absolute horrible lies he created to take Anne Boleyn down are unforgiveable. Yes, Henry tasked him to help him put Anne aside, but to manufacture the tales of her sleeping with basically every man at Court (and an incestuous relationship with her brother George) was overkill. He had to know that this was going to lead to the death of six innocent people. One can only imagine that is exactly what he wanted. Continue reading “Lady Tudors’ Fun Facts About Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light – Ep 6 Light”

Lady Tudors’ Fun Facts About Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light – Ep 5 Mirror

Welcome back to Court and to episode five of “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light”

This episode is called “Mirror”, and I can only think that is because what Henry saw in the mirror of Anne of Cleves’ eyes was something that shook him to the core.

This week I want to focus on Anne of Cleves and her marriage to Henry. I have always had a soft-spot for Anne of Cleves; I can only imagine what it felt like coming to a country where you did not know anyone, did not speak the language, and did not know any of the customs but were expected to be its Queen. Continue reading “Lady Tudors’ Fun Facts About Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light – Ep 5 Mirror”

Lady Tudors’ Fun Facts About Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light – Ep 4 Jenneke

Welcome back to Court and to episode four of “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light”

This week I thought we would look at the birth of Henry’s son Edward, his christening, and the death of Queen Jane, along with other fun facts about this week’s episode “Jenneke”.

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The episode opens to Henry admiring an enormous portrait of himself (and Jane) that is on display at the Palace of Whitehall. Henry wants Holbein to make copies to send abroad, and copies of this portrait were made which is why this portrait is one of the most known of Henry. This portrait shows Henry at fine health, and we know that is not the case. This portrait projects what Henry wants the Court and the world to see, not necessarily the reality. Fun fact about this portrait: when Henry’s daughter Elizabeth becomes Queen in 1558, she prominently displays this portrait in her Presence Chamber. This would be the first thing a courtier would see when entering, reminding everyone who her father was and her lineage. She wanted to make sure each person in her presence knew she was a Tudor and the legitimate Queen. Unfortunately, the portrait was destroyed in a fire in 1698. Continue reading “Lady Tudors’ Fun Facts About Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light – Ep 4 Jenneke”

Lady Tudors’ Fun Facts About Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light – Ep 3 Defiance

 

Welcome back to Court and to episode 3 of “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light”.

This week’s post will be like my last two since it seems my useless Tudor knowledge of Fun Facts has been quite popular.

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