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The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
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Philippa Gregory presents the first of a new series set amid the deadly feuds of England known as...
Robert Walker Haulage Ltd: The History of the UK's Largest Fork Truck Transport Company
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This book tells the story of Robert Walker Haulage. Established in 1935, Robert Walker never...
Bosworth: The Birth of the Tudors
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Richard III and Henry Tudor's legendary battle: one that changed the course of English history. On...
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Exploding Kittens
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Exploding Kittens is a card game for people who are into kittens and explosions and laser beams and...
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May 31, 2023
This book is about the lives of Catherine de’ Medici (married to the French Henry II), Elisabeth of Spain and Mary, Queen of Scots and how their lives wove together.
There are some really interesting facts here (Mary was nearly 6 feet tall - now THIS is the kind of fact I live for!). But it was the personal side that really interested me. Catherine loved her children fiercely even though she had little time with them. She wanted to know every detail of their lives. Her letters to Elisabeth when she went to Spain were filled with family gossip and instructions. Just the kind of stuff that any mother would send their daughter, and Elisabeth appeared to want to always make her mother proud.
Mary and Elisabeth were like sisters, so when Mary needed Elizabeth’s and Spain’s support when the Scottish Lords turned against her, it must have hurt her greatly when they refused to help.
What I liked most was having the opportunity to dip my toes in to the history of France and Spain. It sounded as tumultuous as our own.
I do think that I’m going to have to follow up on Cathrine de’ Medici, though. Now she sounds fascinating!
I’m so glad that I read this - thanks to The Pigeonhole!
A Collection of Lies
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In USA Today bestselling author Connie Berry’s fifth Kate Hamilton mystery, American antiques...