Read All About It! Do you have a favorite fiction genre? Mystery? Romance? Adventure? The latest additions to our fiction library include examples of these types—all with a Ricardian flavor. These and every other book in our fiction collection are free for American Branch members to borrow! Find out how to borrow and see our complete library holdings here. If you aren’t familiar with Toni Mount’s mystery series, you are
U Penn’s MS 1066 The archivists at the University of Pennsylvania have shared this wonderful video getting up close and personal with their Manuscript 1066, one of several copies of an “Edward IV Roll” held in American libraries. These amazing documents are genealogical histories tracing the lineage of Edward IV back to Adam & Eve, and were created in the early parts of his reign to justify his accession to
Amy Juarez, University of California Riverside The American Branch is thrilled to announce that the winner of the 2023 Schallek Fellowship is Amy Juarez, a Ph.D. candidate in English Literature at the University of California-Riverside. The $30,000 fellowship will help support Amy with writing her dissertation next year. Amy writes: My dissertation, entitled “The Poetics of Embodied Architecture in Medieval and Early Modern Europe,” takes as its central concern how
Exclusive Toby Capwell Zoom Lecture We are thrilled to announce an American Branch exclusive event! Dr. Toby Capwell, Curator of Arms at the Wallace collection and consultant for “The Lost King” film, will present a talk to our members on Jan. 22, 2023. The American Branch was a sponsor of the Wallace Collection’s recent exhibit, “The Lost King: Imagining Richard III.” Dr. Capwell’s talk, entitled “The Scoliotic Knight,” will focus
