Claire | December 9, 2009
“The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: The Tragedy of Katherine, Mary and Lady Jane Grey” is a non-fiction account of the stories of these three sisters, the times they lived in and the monarchs who reigned in their lifetimes. I was desperate to read this after reading Jeane Westin’s historical novel, “The Virgin’s Daughters”, and [...]
Category: Elizabeth I, Lady Jane Grey, Leanda de Lisle, Mary I, Mary Queen of Scots, Non-fiction, Uncategorized |
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Tags: Katherine Grey, Lady Jane Grey, Leanda de Lisle, The Sisters Who Would Be Queen
Claire | July 10, 2009
As many of you know, I spend my days reading biographies, historical texts and researching Tudor history, so it was actually quite refreshing to get lost in a fictional novel for a change and this Philippa Gregory one did not disappoint.
In my opinion there are three vital elements of a top quality historical novel:-
It’s “unputdownable” [...]
Category: Elizabeth I, Fiction, Mary Queen of Scots, Philippa Gregory |
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Tags: Bess of Hardwick, Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, Philippa Gregory, The Other Queen
