Expansion into a full review to come (if I find the time), but for the moment: If you even have the slightest interest in Tudor history and politics, run, don't walk to get this book. And for a special treat, also get the audio version narrated by David Rintoul. This is an intense, fact-packed r...
On completion: Even before I finished the last chapter I knew I would give this book five stars, but the last chapter concisely and honestly tells how he reacted to civilian life after the war. His struggles were not simply over when he returned to Scotland. I am speaking of the psychological battle...
A really charming story. I think it suffered a bit from being based on fact; it seemed utterly wrong to me that the chapel should be only just completed before the community that built it were moved on. It just seems such a shame. But reality's a bit like that, and perhaps that just adds to the poig...
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