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Rest assured, these books are thoughtfully chosen to provide you with the most enjoyable reading experience possible. Kateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous queen lasted sixteen months, the one before barely half a year. Given the mystery box concept, we're unable to disclose the book titles. Language: English A leader of religious reform and the first woman to publish in English, Kateryn stands out as an independent woman with a mind of her own. all of her books feature strong, complex women, doing their best to improve their lives in worlds dominated by men' Sunday Times 'Engrossing' Sunday Express 'Popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly told' The Times
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After reading her novel about Anne Boleyn, I went to Hever Castle, took the book and felt wrapped up in history as never before. Even if you think you’ve read every Tudor book under the sun.
It’s always fascinating to get an alternative view of history and this series is an enjoyable one. She gives her voice to events and I felt close to her, her fears, worries and her desire to be defined by more than her marriage to the tyrant king. She gives voices to those who history has forgotten or pushed to one side. She was ahead of her time and dared to challenge convention so she fascinated me for that reason.
I’m no Tudor expert but I love the way Philippa makes you care for these women despite the life and times being so different to ours now. Philipa Gregory has immersed me so much in the world of the Tudors and the Plantagenets and fascinated me with the royal comings and goings.
I realise the books are fiction of course, but it’s the way she recreates the time, the customs, the traps of court that really fascinate me. Put this in the modern day however and it’s an example of coercive control which is as frightening whether you’re a non royal in the modern day or a queen back in the 1500s. this stands out as a real labour of love.
It was the story of how Henry grew so vicious in his later years and tried to tame this woman that I felt was really brought to life. This book was particularly good as it’s about Henry VIII’s last wife.
Philippa really brings this period to life for me in a way no one else does and she paint such a vivid picture that I too was afraid of Henry appearing in the court or hearing an order come bellowing down the hallowed corridors. Kateryn Parr is the only woman to have truly survived Henry and her story is one of the most fascinating I’ve read.
I always want to read books like this next to a roaring fire with a goblet of wine.
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