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This is my #doublespin for July @TheAromaofBooks
I enjoyed this. It wasn't entirely true to the facts. But I like history and it was an easy and fast read. Was a bit disgusted with the way women were treated back then. Also how it was all about power. And then those two little boys living all alone in The tower. It makes me wonder if children were mature at a younger age than they're now.
TBR since 6/7/2023; 316 pages.

This was good. It was long, but Eleanor lived a long life. I have read one or two books about her, but it‘s been a while, and I don‘t recall the stories of Thomas a Becket and Richard the Lionheart, which Plaidy included in her book here. (Becket was a friend of Henry‘s and Richard was Eleanor and Henry‘s son.) Cont in comments...

mollie & I on the site of the disappeared Fotheringhay castle where Mary queen of Scot‘s was beheaded. memorial by the river nene at the base of the mount & the beautiful church with its unusual architecture was built by her son James1 her remains are no longer there & the castle was destroyed by him. The masonry & staircase which she walked down to her death is in the talbot hotel in oundle where we married,I walked down it in my wedding dress

Day 14 of @Andrew65 's #Top20series #20series20days challenge

The top picture is how I read the series as it comes in one volume but have shown underneath what both of them are called individually.

Well it looks like I‘m moving to Scotland!! 😍😁

I think this is the beginning of the Plantagenets-of course I need to do some double checking, of course it‘s the same with these kings and their “favorites” and I guess always has been ; I put this down for a while because it is a bit slow but I want to take a break from mad Henry VIII before I continue with that series

Perfect tea to sip while reading Jean Plaidy‘s Tudor Saga :) Really enjoying these books!!

What is she doing with my book??? I‘m supposed to fall asleep reading 🤣🥰

Terrible photo...but I am enjoying this book by Jean Plaidy. Katharine had a spectacular, but also very sad, life. I started collecting Plaidy books about 10 years ago after reading her Norman trilogy. Finally decided I need to actually read them all and free up shelf space! Started with the Tudor Saga. Jean Plaidy was a pen name of author Eleanor Hibbert (who also wrote as Philippa Carr, Victoria Holt and several other pseudonyms).

I have not picked up my book in a couple of days, but I finally have some me time!!! Getting my nose in a book right now!!!