Bejewelled: Men and Jewellery in Tudor and Jacobean England
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Jewellery is often viewed as a feminine preoccupation, but in Tudor and Jacobean England men wore...
The Disguised Ruler in Shakespeare and His Contemporaries
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In the early seventeenth century, the London stage often portrayed a ruler covertly spying on his...
1606: Shakespeare and the Year of Lear
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1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear traces Shakespeare's life and times from the autumn...
A Shakespearean Botanical
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When Falstaff calls upon the sky to rain potatoes in The Merry Wives of Windsor, he is highlighting...
The Drowned City
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Gunpowder and treason changed England forever. But the tides are turning and revenge runs deep in...
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Stone Houses of the English Countryside
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For more than one hundred years, Country Life magazine has published a weekly article devoted to a...
The House at Phantom Park
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In this abandoned hospital, pain lives on... and it wants revenge. St Philomena's military...
Civil War: The History of England: Volume III
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In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling account of England's history, beginning with the...
ClareR (5721 KP) rated The Poison Bed in Books
Jun 17, 2018
Anyway, this story is based around the true story of how Frances Howard and her husband Robert Carr were charged with the murder of Thomas Overbury, and kept in the Tower of London for quite some time. This whole story illustrates the power of the Howards (particularly Frances' Great Uncle) and the intrigue of the Royal Court. Everyone has great aspirations, and will do whatever it takes to achieve them.
The characters, I felt, were well drawn and either unpleasant or terribly naive - no middle ground. I do like historical fiction, especially when it appears to be well researched, as this does. It's important to give the characters life as well, and that's what this book does really well. An exciting, intriguing story. Many thanks to The Pigeonhole and the publisher for the chance to read this book.
The Prince Who Would be King: The Life and Death of Henry Stuart
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Henry Stuart's life is the last great forgotten Jacobean tale. Shadowed by the gravity of the Thirty...