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While I like the genre in abstract, it takes a lot for historical fiction to engage me as much as Wolf Hall did.See, there's a fine line to be walked between ensuring that your reader knows who or what the historical figures and events in your novel actually are and resorting to tedious/awkward info...
I've been looking forward to reading this book ever since I took a crack at the Phillipa Gregory novels. I made it to page 71. 3rd person present tense? really? She reads until she doesn't understand what she is trying to do when she decides to use present tense. If she makes better use of her prono...
Life in Henry VIII's court as seen from the point of view of Thomas Cromwell. This really is a very very fresh look at a story that is so familiar to many of us. I'm not generally a reader of historical fiction but this was so well realised I'm intrigued to read more of the genre. If the story isn...
Synopsis: England in the 1520s. Relatively young Henry VIII has a family-related problem - a wife much older than himself and no male heir. Should I say more? His story of love and marriage with Anne Boleyn has been done to death – you might choose between books, movies, plays, you name it. This tim...
I enjoyed this book, but boy was it dry! It took me a bit more time to get through it because I could read it in very short doses. The book, with its' storyline, was fascinating though and I would read more by this author.
I know a lot about Henry VIII. I know quite a bit about his first wife, Katherine. I’d say I know an enormous amount about his second wife, Anne Boleyn. I’d even say I know tons about Thomas More. But what did I really know about Thomas Cromwell? Not much. Until now.So, this book. All about Thomas C...
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