My book is in from eBay!! Can‘t wait to start reading it!!
My book is in from eBay!! Can‘t wait to start reading it!!
Alison Weir knows how to write nonfiction in a way that is easy to read. If you‘re interested in this period of history, I would definitely recommend this one!
The Wars of the Roses is the greatest entertainment for a medieval history lover: dynastic intrigue, complicated genealogies, bloody battles, rival kings, formidable queens, mighty lords in constantly changing alliances provide an exciting story with fascinating characters. This would make a great TV series, and has obviously inspired Game of Thrones (Lancaster and York...)
This was simply exciting to read, and I was rooting for York. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
1. All genres! I love variety, but my most read genres are fantasy, classics, sci-fi and non-fiction, especially history.
2. Terry Pratchett!!
3. It changes. Today it is Daisy Jones and The Six, but often Song of Achilles, I,Claudius, The Handmaid‘s Tale, and anything Terry Pratchett.
4. I try anything once, but I do avoid romance, horror and westerns (although some books I loved were horror, or had romance in them).
5. ✔️
#hellothursday
Inspired by King Henry IV of #shakespearereadalong, I am re-reading an old favorite about the Wars of the Roses.
My roses are a bit sad at the idea.
That‘s Lancaster and York for you, Lannister and Stark fans. 😉
I love that Alison Weir starts with how people lived in the fifteenth century in England, and not with the great families and battles. She writes about people, which makes me love her history so much.
Not exactly loving but it fits the #roses prompt!
#literarylove
My Wars of the Roses obsession continues. Really enjoying this, especially after finishing Conn Iggulden's series on the period. #alisonweir #warsoftheroses #lunchtimeread
Deadly #kissfromarose
Nonfiction book about the clash between two families for the throne in England.
#lyricalapril
History is one of my favorite subjects, and this was a topic that I haven't really read about previously. It covers the events that precipitated the Wars of the Roses through the confrontations between the houses of Lancaster and York (you will have to look elsewhere if you want to read about the rise of the Tudors). Very accessible, and once you get who's who, it is really engaging.