by Amanda Carmack
I'm not what anyone would call a "fan" of historical, or period, novels, but I've recently become quite hooked on several "cozy historicals", written by Rhys Bowen, Carol K. Carr, Carola Dunn, etc. I doubt they are what any historian would call accurate, but they are wonderful reading and are accur...
Setting: England, Hatfield HouseTime: 1558Main characters: Princess Elizabeth, Kate Haywood - musicianFirst paragraph, Prologue: "It was a frozen, gray day. The sun hid behind roiling banks of clouds and sent not even a ray of reassuring light to the earth below, which was eerily silent. There wer...