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Fun and Games in Tudor England

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

May 26, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

What is this, Tatooine?  Is not Tudor England the most outrageous wretched hive of scum and villainy one can ever imagine?  Friends, it is that, hands down. This tale, one of the many involving King Henry the Eighth, who is most famous for being the fat guy who was Queen Elizabeth 1st’s father, focuses on his second queen, the first beheaded one.  (Ain’t gonna lie, ain’t gonna cry.)  But mostly it is the story of the Boleyn siblings, Anne, Mary and George.  These three never […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Beheading as a political move, british monarchy, Family above all, Henry the VIII and the first two wives, Only one sibling gets out alive, Philippa Gregory, Poor George, The life of a farmwife looks mighty good

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Beheading as a political move, british monarchy, Family above all, Henry the VIII and the first two wives, Only one sibling gets out alive, Philippa Gregory, Poor George, The life of a farmwife looks mighty good ·
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“…his own losses were irreplaceable:” The Life and Times of a Private Secretary to Royalty

End of an Era: Letters and Journals of Sir Alan Lascelles 1887-1920 by Sir Alan Lascelles (Edited by Duff Hart-Davis)

King's Counsellor (Abdication and War: The Diaries of Sir Alan 'Tommy' Lascelles) by Sir Alan Lascelles (Edited by Duff Hart-Davis)

May 8, 2024 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I’m glad that I read these out of order, because going from reading the last volume, where Tommy is fully mature and in his element to the first volume, where he is a child, really drove home to me how much growing up and having the time to think and experience life can make someone less annoying and more thoughtful. I think if I’d started with the first book, it would have soured me on him because he is very of his time and class […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History Tagged With: british monarchy, british royalty, Sir Alan Lascelles (Edited by Duff Hart-Davis), World War I, World War II

GentleRain's CBR16 Review No:51 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History · Tags: british monarchy, british royalty, Sir Alan Lascelles (Edited by Duff Hart-Davis), World War I, World War II ·
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