I’m afraid I was wrong. Wrong about Mary, who never wanted to be better than anyone else; she just wanted to be herself. I’m afraid all the things I’ve said and done will hunt me down and haunt me. Because the thing I’m afraid of is the same thing I told the king would make me happy. The thing I’ve ...
Ich hatte vor Jahren eine „heiße Phase“ was historische Romane angeht, aber dann hatte ich ein paar langweilige dazwischen und ich habe die Lust verloren. Aber „Blutrote Lilien“ von Kathleen Weise hat mich wieder auf den Geschmack gebracht und ich habe mir „Gilt“ vorgenommen. Die Geschichte der 5. E...
Setting: England, London, Greenwich Palace, Richmond Palace, Bridewell Palace, Hever Castle, Windsor CastleTime: 1523-1525Main characters: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Thomas Wyatt - poetFirst paragraph: "A deep breath is all it takes to enter a room.Or to scream.Or both.I stand against a wall, five str...
This is Longshore's second book about the wives of Henry VII. This one focuses on Anne Boleyn, his second wife and most famous wife. Just for background knowledge Anne will be the mother of Queen Elizabeth I, but this is the story of her life before being royal.Anne has been banned from court after ...
I enjoyed every word on every page. On the last page I didn't know I was holding my breath, until I read the last sentence and sighed in the delight of a well written story.
I'm a big Tudor fan. Wait, let's start over again. I'm a big Henry VIII fan. Anything to do with his reign I am besotted with. It's just such an amazing period in history that's so rich and full of something that just makes me shiver whenever I think about it. The courts, the dresses, the romances, ...
Read This Review & More Like It On My Blog!Sometimes, with entertainment like books and television shows, it's good to take in the pure fun side of things, the guilty pleasures one doesn't necessarily advertise as favorites. I for one, am a biiig fan of hilariously bad television, like Glee, and GCB...
Tempting though it may be I am not going to extrapolate from these letters, not to authors at large, not to anything. This is a collection of letters from mostly still quite young authors, offering advice, encouragement, support, and insight to their younger selves. Everyone had bears to cross, some...
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