pickAfter a day out to Bosworth last week, just a bit of a R3 story. Enjoyable, if a bit romanticised.
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Fascinating nonfiction about the lives of Duchess Jacquetta, Elizabeth Woodville, and Margaret Beauford. Each of these women, Philippa Gregory has written novels about: The Rivers Women, the White Queen, and the Red Queen, respectively.
so-soThis is the fourth and final book in the series. Wars of the Roses sure were crazy times. I've randomly known about many of the events, like the princes in the Tower, but never knew how they all tied together. There were a lot of characters with similar names like Henry or Edward and I was sometimes really confused. The book was good in places and boring in others. I'm actually really happy I persevered with it and was able to finish the series.
🍎 Lucy Campion or Veronica Speedwell
🍎 🍎 Gilbert Blythe, Matthew Clairmont, Rhys
🍎🍎🍎Non fiction about Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort, & Jacquetta, Lady Rivers by Philippa Gregory
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Heiress to the red rose of Lancaster, Margaret Beaufort fervently believes that her house is a true ruler of England. Ignored by her sainted cousin Henry VI, mocked by her mother, married at the age of 12, and endangered by childbirth she vows to put her son on the throne naming him Henry, she sends him into exile and pledges him in marriage to the daughters of her sworn enemy
pickA dense, informative look at the fumbles of passing the crown of England from the 1420s to the turn of the century. I knew nothing about any of it so it was all interesting to me, but I found it odd at the end to have read 300 pages of fascinating analysis only to have Jones sum it all up as James VI was worthless and doomed the Plantagenet line and the English people to decades of bloody unrest.
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As I read this book, I‘m learning a lot. Like, for instance, Henry VI was an…ineffective king, shall we say.
pickBeaufort Chronicle - The Beaufort Bride (book 1), The Beaufort Woman (book2), The Kings Mother (book 3)
A portrait of Margaret Beaufort's life as she comes into her own, and becomes one of the most powerful woman in England as she demonstrates both intelligence and piety. Arnopp makes the character come alive and transports you back in time. If you want a entertaining, quick to read series I would recommend this one.
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🎞 Stripes, Sleepless in Seattle
📺 Schitt‘s Creek
🎤 Santana, Snow Patrol
🎶 Sign of the Times (Harry Styles) Steady as She Goes (The Raconteurs) The Story (Brandi Carlile) Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel) Smooth (Santana with Rob Thomas) Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (Billy Joel) Say Something (A Great Big World with Christina Aguilera)
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