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February #FeelinTheLove Timeless Love @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickI really like Alison Weir but this for me fell a bit flat. Perhaps it‘s because the story adds nothing new to my knowledge of the time and compared to some of the other novels I have read it felt a little fast and at time perfunctory. Henry is a complex character and I feel like we never really see that complexity #bookedintime @Cuilin
pickJessie Childs draws Henry Howard for us, complete with his strengths as and weaknesses, neither hero nor villain. And in so doing she illustrates the terrifying times of Henrican England. Henry VIII‘s tyranny, paranoia, megalomania, and hubris are all too familiar in our age. An appropriate read just prior to the upcoming inauguration.#bookedintime @Cuilin
Who knew that Henry, Earl of Surrey, invented the “Shakespearean Sonnet!
I picked this up because I heard the author on a panel about the Tudor era, and so far it doesn‘t disappoint.
Yes, I am out of my mind! Participating in too many challenges, but many I already had the books in my #TBR This is my January list.
#ChristieCapers #AgathaChristieClub R3 #SundayBuddyRead #fictionaltraveler #FiodandLit #readyourkindle #ThematicCozies #January #animal #BookedinTime #January #TudorEngland #Naturalitsy #JaneAdjacent #JaneAustinThenandNow #literarycrew #AuthoraMonth #DorothySayers #serieslove2025 #jumpstart2025
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📚 Several, but all just a sense of peace and joy and adventure of new finds.
📚 📚 Thriftbooks mostly, or used bookstores/library sales.
📚 📚 📚 tagged. The Favored Queen
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@Eggs
so-soThere was a short author‘s note at the start that explained that the romance was fictional, though much of the rest of the story is true. I actually found Will‘s life more interesting initially when he worked for the merchant, but then my interest waxed and waned through the rest of it. It seemed like Henry went through his last 5 wives very quickly in this book (and I suppose he really did, but this book seemed to speed that up). Ok for me.
