Litsy

Six Tudor Queens: Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen: Six Tudor Queens 3 | Alison Weir

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Fictional account of Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour. I liked the portrayal of Jane herself, even if I'm not sure about the soubriquet the author has given her - it's based on incidents that she seems to have made up.

dabbe On the spreadsheet! 🤩 9h

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Six Tudor Queens: Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen: Six Tudor Queens 3 | Alison Weir

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

#BookedInTime
@Cuilin @Dabbe

Cuilin Another to add to the TBR 🤦‍♀️☺️ 4d

dabbe @Cuilin Same! I love her books! 😂 4d

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Lcsmcat

Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey | Jessie Childs

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Jessie 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

Cuilin Every book I‘m reading lately seems to have parallels to current times, Hard Times, Les Mis, Anna Karenina,, and Tudor Times. I‘m realizing that not enough people read these books or history and it shows. 4d

Lcsmcat @Cuilin Younailed it. I think a large part in what got us where we are was the demotion of the humanities and the gutting of arts education. 4d

RamsFan1963 I just read Henry V biography by Dan Jones, and now I'm reading The War of The Roses, also by Jones. It sounds like something I need to read next. 4d

Lcsmcat @RamsFan1963 I‘ve not read anything by him. I‘ll have to check him out. 4d

Cuilin @RamsFan1963 I read The Plantagenets, it was so good. I have Henry V on my TBR and now I‘m adding The War of the Roses. 4d

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Lcsmcat

Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey | Jessie Childs

Who knew that Henry, Earl of Surrey, invented the “Shakespearean Sonnet!

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Deblovestoread

Revelation. C.J. Sansom | C J Sansom

#WeeklyFavorite

Couldn‘t put it down.

@Read4life

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1w

Read4life 💙📚💙 1w

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Lcsmcat

Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey | Jessie Childs

I picked this up because I heard the author on a panel about the Tudor era, and so far it doesn‘t disappoint.

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Deblovestoread

Revelation: A Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery | C J Sansom

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The 4th in the Matthew Shardlake series and my favorite so far. I intended to only read the January section but was drawn in and couldn‘t stop. I have lots of thoughts and hope I can remember them when time to discuss. 4.5 🌟. @dabbe

#BookedinTime #TheTudors @Cuilin

dabbe I hope I can, too! 🤩😂🤗 1w

Cuilin 🎉 I just read book one and ready to start book 2 and may even catch up. 😮 @dabbe 1w

dabbe @Cuilin They're good, aren't they? Do you want me to put you on the tag list? 1w

Cuilin @dabbe yes please. They remind me of another historical mystery series I read years ago though I can‘t remember which one. Maybe Cadfael? I‘m not sure. 1w

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