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Sport and Urban Space in Europe: Facilities, Industries, Identities

Thierry Terret and Sandra Heck

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Filling a gap in the literature on the history of sport in Europe, the book brings together...

The Ballad in American Popular Music: From Elvis to Beyonce

David Metzer

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While ballads have been a cornerstone of popular music for decades, this is the first book to...

Scotland: Mapping the Nation

Chris Fleet, Charles W. J. Withers and Margaret Wilkes

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Maps can delight, educate and illuminate a nation's history and geography. Where written documents...

This Ancient Road: London to Holyhead: A Journey Through Time

Andrew Hudson

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Roads shape our society and are shaped by it: they are a slice through history, a slice through...

Flora: The Art of Plant Exploration

Sandra Knapp

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Through exquisite botanical paintings and insightful essays, Flora examines the fascinating history...

Culture, Conflict and the Military in Colonial South Asia

Kaushik Roy and Gavin Rand

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This book offers diverse and original perspectives on South Asia's imperial military history. Unlike...

Elizabeth Ann Brough (5 KP) rated The Other Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #15) in Books

Aug 25, 2019

Very visual - easy to "see" the subject, features some characters from history that are not always well known, informative and entertaining. Philippa Gregory may have her critics, but I am not one of, (0 more)

One of Philippa Gregory's Best

Philippa Gregory may have her critics, but I am not one of them. This is one of my favourite novels of hers and she does a great job of introducing the reader to the formidable Bess of Hardwick, a figure from history that I knew next to nothing about, but who was a witness to, and a part of, some important moments in history. One thing that I like about Philippa Gregory is that she is honest about how she "fills in the gaps" of history to craft her novels - her Author's notes at the end of her works always explain this and sometimes detail how it was done. I often reread Philippa's work and I'm definitely going to go back to this, it's been too long.