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Six Tudor Queens: Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen: Six Tudor Queens 5 | Alison Weir

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This novelisation of her life follows Katheryn from the age of seven to her death aged around 20 or 21.

The trouble with reading novels about historical characters is that you know what has to happen however much you don't want it to. Many times I wished Katheryn would make different choices but often in this book she is portrayed as knowing what not to do and yet going ahead and doing it anyway. Sad.

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rwmg

Six Tudor Queens: Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen: Six Tudor Queens 5 | Alison Weir

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BethM Have you read Philippa Gregory? How does she compare? 1w

rwmg @BethM No, I haven't so I can't comment 1w

dabbe I like your new pic! 💙☃️🩵 1w

rwmg @dabbe Why, thank you, kind lady 1w

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rwmg

Six Tudor Queens: Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen: Six Tudor Queens 5 | Alison Weir

#WhereareyouMonday
Tudor London (map from wikipedia)

@cupcake12

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JenlovesJT47

The Six Wives of Henry VIII | Antonia Fraser

I just finished watching The Tudors for the first time. While Jonathan Rhys Meyers looks nothing like the real Henry VIII, I think he did an excellent job portraying this egomaniacal king. It‘s my first time exploring the other wives of H8 besides Anne Boleyn, and I have gone down the rabbit hole, downloaded about 60 books relating to it all. 😬

hair trigger temper,
piercing gaze — King of England
with a wife fetish. 👑

#haikuhive #tvhaiku

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Jerdencon I had such a crush on Jonathan Rhys Meyers playing Henry and it sent me down the Tudor rabbit hole too. 1w

BookishMarginalia I love to go #downtherabbithole too! 1w

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dabbe Boy, you nailed HVIII in a haiku! #haikuhenry 🩵❄️🩶 1w

DebinHawaii Excellent! I need to rewatch The Tudors! 😍 1w

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🤩🐝💝. 1w

Sparklemn May make an excellent winter re-watch. Not exactly cozy, however! 1w

TorieStorieS This is a fun rabbit hole!! I really enjoyed

The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers

JenlovesJT47 @Jerdencon same!! He is absolutely beautiful, especially in the first two seasons. His weird accent in the last season where he was trying to sound older was a choice lol, but still…now I need to check out other things he‘s in. What‘s your favorite book on the subject? 5d

JenlovesJT47 @DebinHawaii it‘s so good! I have a show hangover now so I‘m watching Mad Men for the 37th time 😬😬😬 5d

JenlovesJT47 @Sparklemn definitely not cozy!! 😆😬😅 I actually had to take a break for a couple of weeks in the middle of season 2 because I knew what was going to happen to poor doomed Anne Boleyn. Natalie Dormer did a fantastic job. ♥️♥️♥️ 5d

JenlovesJT47 @BookishMarginalia I was constantly pausing the show to look up facts about the real people, I find it fascinating! 5d

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe I could have written some not so nice ones about H8 but I decided to focus on the hottie JRM. 😳😬🤤 5d

JenlovesJT47 @AnnCrystal 🤗♥️🥰 5d

JenlovesJT47 @TorieStorieS ooh I‘ll have to add that to my list! I mostly downloaded historical fiction for now but this sounds good 🤗♥️ 5d

TorieStorieS It is a fictional autobiography! I love all of Margaret George‘s historical fiction!! They are all chunksters but so worth the handcramps! 5d

Sparklemn @JenlovesJT47 Soooo hot! 😍 5d

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MariaW

Anne Boleyn | Marie Louise Bruce

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This is a very interesting non-fictional overview over Anne‘s life. Because I only watched the different semi-ficituonal series about Henry VIII‘s life, I never realized it took Anne eight years to be married ti the king. On TV it always happens in a shorter amount of time. And in the end she was only married to hin for three years. Seems like the moment he actually had her, he lost interest.

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oddandbookish

Grave Flowers | Autumn Krause

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Wow! What a phenomenal YA fantasy!

First off, the blend of Hamlet, the Tudors, and deadly flowers were an amazing combination. It all worked together perfectly. It had a gothic feel with a touch of horror. I loved it!

Let‘s take a moment to talk about the grave flowers themselves. These killer flowers had a life of their own and were so fascinating.

Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/review-grave-flowers/