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Recent acquisition:

📖 Bosworth 1485: Psychology of a Battle by Michael Jones

March 19th #CoverStories River You know when you see a cover of a book and you say, I've got to read this. Well, this is one, oh, and it's about the Tudor time. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Random book from our home library:

📖 Richard III: England's Black Legend by Desmond Seward

Recent acquisition:

📖 The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones

10/100 Its hard to find a better, more informed writer, when it comes to English History, than Dan Jones. This makes a good companion book to his recent Henry V. Picking up with the disastrous reign of Henry VI, it follow through with various Henrys and Edwards, as different families fought for the crown, ending with the Tudors of Henry VIII. Very informative and entertaining. 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫
#Jumpstart2025 #Read2025

After a day out to Bosworth last week, just a bit of a R3 story. Enjoyable, if a bit romanticised.

#With2+authors #ittakesallkinds
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
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.

This 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
#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

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