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’ cod? Cockles, Jelly, or Bombast? Love-locks or Love Apples?

See you in the sixteenth century... LR Shimer

Shakespeare was a Tudor. He knew the import of roses. 

There sleeps Titania some time of the night,

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 and dangled from arbors and walkways. Beneath the arch of an ancient, paneled doorway, a wide-petaled crimson beauty was just opening. The heavy scent of damasks consumed us.

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 month’s episode. You'll find them nearly as helpful as stopping by amazon to pickup a copy of Tangled in Tudor Times.

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 enchanted harp, or gilded flower, with a mere wave of her hand.

In the mid 16th century King Henry VIII created his own version of King Arthur,  in the persona of Sir Loyalheart. Though the Tudor dynasty owed a debt to Mallory’s tales of King Arthur, he wasn’t the first to tell these stories.

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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 Times? Read more about Bella’s time traveling adventures after you listen to this episode.

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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

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 Emperor Hadrian's ancient wall. In this podcast episode I share: What's a Weapon? Tudor Weapons, Novel Excerpt - Is that a Gun?, and Finally the late Soul composer Kevin Starr asks us  War, what is it good for?

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

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, from the time they plant their first boots on the ground, until they leave several centuries later.

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 works on an embroidery project for Queen Elizabeth the First. 

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