Heidi Malagisi💙📚📜📖

If you would like to follow my history adventures, you can follow me at My blog: adventuresofatudornerd.com Instagram:https://instagram.com/hmalagisi/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/adventuresofatudornerd

Book Review: “Royal Witch” by Philippa Gregory adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/10/27/b...

Last year’s pins (logo, hardtack and Garum) are back in stock along with three new designs. People have been asking when pins would be back in stock. Well, now they are. There are also 3 new designs for this year. crowdmade.com/collections/...

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

My next adventure explores castles from around the world through numerous centuries. Castles: A Fortified History of the World by Dan Jones. I want to thank Viking Books and Net Galley for sending me a copy of this book.

They have good uniforms, a failed late 2000s championship run and a franchise icon named Larry. Sounds familiar

"History is the one field of study that does not begin at the beginning."- Jacob Burckhardt

What are your favorite historical movies?

Happy Friday everyone! What are you reading this weekend?

Guest Post: “The Stage Before the Storm: Setting the Scene for The Queen’s Tears” by Elizabeth St. John adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/10/22/g...

Book Review: “The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women’s Roles in Society” by Eleanor Janega adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/10/21/b...

My next novel explores the life of Eleanor Cobham, a woman known throughout history as a witch, but who was much more than that. Royal Witch by Philippa Gregory. I want to thank William Morrow and Net Galley for sending me a copy of this novel.

The response from the Eagles today to the Jalen Hurts situation tells me that they still do not realize the degree to which they fucked up here. Or, they don't yet realize the lengths they are going to have to go to convince people that they did not fuck up here. This wasn't it.

My next adventure explores the rediscovery of Botticelli's Dante project and its significance to Renaissance studies. Botticelli's Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance by Joseph Luzzi.

Colby enjoys studying art history.

Book Review: “J’Accuse: A Medieval Crime and a Servant Girl Who Changed History” by Jennifer D. Thibodeaux adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/10/17/b...

Happy Friday everyone! What are you reading this weekend?

My next adventure takes us to medieval Portugal and Leonor Teles de Meneses' fight for the throne. Leonor by Catherine Mathis. I would like to thank Histria Fiction and Net Galley for sending me a copy of this novel.

Book Review: “Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster” by Alison Weir adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/10/14/b...

Guest Post: “The Challenges Elizabeth I Had to Face” by Janet Wertman adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/10/13/g... @janetwertman.bsky.social @hmalagisi.bsky.social #CoffeePotBookClub #HistoricalFiction #Elizabethan #Tudors

Guest Post: “The Challenges Elizabeth I Had to Face” by Janet Wertman adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/10/13/g...

My next book explores the roles women played in the medieval world. The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society but Eleanor Janega.

New additions to the TBR mountain.

Book Review: “Princesses of the Later Middle Ages: Royal Daughters of the Plantagenets” by Sharon Bennett Connolly adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/10/08/b...

Adventures of a Tudor Nerd Book Review: “Princesses of the Later Middle Ages: Royal Daughters of the Plantagenets” by Sharon Bennett Connolly ~"Now I want to learn even more." adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/10/08/b... @hmalagisi.bsky.social @thehistorybits.bsky.social #History #BookReview

the tech industry is about to invent books

My next adventure explores the case of a servant girl who would stop at nothing to get justice. J'Accuse: A Medieval Crime and the Servant Girl Who Changed History by Jennifer D. Thibodeaux. I want to thank David R. Godine and Net Galley for sending me a copy of this book.

Book mail is the best. Queen of Diamonds by Rozsa Gaston. I want to thank Rozsa Gaston for sending me a copy of this novel.

Oh no, another book followed me home.

Happy Friday everyone! What are you reading this weekend?

Book Review: “Women Who Ruled The World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy” by Elizabeth Norton adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/09/30/b... @hmalagisi.bsky.social @enortonhistory.bsky.social #History #BookReview

Book Review: “Women Who Ruled The World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy” by Elizabeth Norton adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/09/30/b...

My next adventure explores the love story that started the Beaufort family. Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster by Alison Weir.

Book Review: “The Pirate Queen” by Ariel Lawhon adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/09/28/b...

My next book examines the lives of the daughters of King Henry III through Edward IV. Princesses of the Later Middle Ages: Royal Daughters of the Plantagenets by Sharon Bennett Connolly. I want to thank Pen and Sword Books for sending me a copy of this book.

Happy new season of The Great British Bake Off to those who celebrate.

Happy Friday everyone! What are you reading this weekend?

Book Review: “The Undying Lamb” by Paul Brous adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/09/21/b...

Currently in the Coors Field clearance section and man, they really, REALLY thought Bryant and Rodgers were the future

My next adventure takes us to the time of Elizabeth I and explores the life of the infamous pirate Grace O' Malley. The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon. I want to thank Doubleday and NetGalley for sending me a copy of this novel.

Happy Friday everyone! What are you reading this weekend?

It’s incredible to have ‘Silence of the Gods’ shortlisted for @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social, and I’m so pleased that the largely forgotten history of northern and eastern Europe’s last pre-Christian religious traditions is finally receiving the attention it deserves 📚

If you are reading as a group, maybe, but not solo

AI needs to stay out of the book industry, including the manga industry, period.

My next book (and current project - see you in 2-3 years folks) Sea of Darkness has made it into Publisher’s Lunch!

Book Review: “The King’s Mother” by Annie Garthwaite adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/09/14/b...

Adventures of a Tudor Nerd Book Review: “The King’s Mother” by Annie Garthwaite adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/09/14/b... @hmalagisi.bsky.social @anniegarthwaite.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction

My next adventure explores women who ruled around the world. Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy by Elizabeth Norton.

Happy Friday everyone! What are you reading this weekend?

Book Review: “Renaissance Dogs: A Litter of Hilarious Pups, Mutts, and Hounds” by Taylor Wagmore adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/09/11/b...