Jane the Virgin - Season 1
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This has been a year of growth and change for Jane Villanueva as she adapted to her brand new role...
AquaWoman (37 KP) rated Somewhere in Time (1980) in Movies
Jun 11, 2019
It Could Happen to You (1994)
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Charlie Lang (Nicolas Cage) is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no...
The Seymours of Wolf Hall: A Tudor Family Story
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Although the Seymours arrived with the Normans, it is with Jane, Henry VIII's third queen, and her...
ClareR (5577 KP) rated Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen in Books
May 3, 2018
This novel looks at how she probably wasn't as innocent as we have always been led to believe. In all honesty, she lived at court - a place where family loyalties and wealth were above all else in importance: she couldn't afford to be an innocent.
I like the Jane that Weir portrays. She's resilient and cares deeply about her family and HER Queen (Katherine of Aragon). I really liked this book and all of the courtly intrigues: Tudor England has always fascinated me. It was such a sad end for Jane, and the authors extended notes at the end really explained well what she and some experts thought had really happened to her and why she died (heres a clue: it wasn't childbirth). I will be going back to the first two books in this series to read about Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn in preparation for Katherine Howard (wife #4 - and that should be a good one!!).
A Matter of Faith – Henry VIII: The Days of the Phoenix
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Finally free of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII, is now married to Anne Boleyn and eagerly awaiting...
Historical Fiction Tudors Henry VIII
Insurrection: Henry VIII, Thomas Cromwell and the Pilgrimage of Grace
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Autumn 1536. Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn are dead. Henry VIII has married Jane Seymour, and...
The Six Wives & Many Mistresses of Henry VIII: The Women's Stories
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For a King renowned for his love life, Henry VIII has traditionally been depicted as something of a...
Deborah (162 KP) rated The May Bride in Books
Dec 21, 2018
I realised I had read a couple of Dunn's previous works - The Queen of Subtleties and The Confession of Katherine Howard. Of the former, I remember thinking that Dunn must have done a lot of research into the history of confectionery, but I can't remember anything of the second book, other than it wasn't dreadful, but wasn't the best thing I'd ever read either. I feel a bit the same about this latest offering. There's a lot of detail in there about how a moderately wealthy Tudor family may have lived, but a couple of days after I finished reading it there is nothing that stands out for me. I think perhaps that Jane herself isn't very interesting and Dunn doesn't make her interesting. I think her point is that she's plain and dull and normal and gets on with things because it's just easier.... but it doesn't make for a very entertaining read somehow. Katherine herself, who is the focus of the novel also often doesn't seem very likeable, so it's difficult to like her story or to really feel sorry for her.
In summary, not a bad read and there are far worse out there, but someone it doesn't quite hit the mark for me - just a bit forgettably mediocre.
In the Footsteps of the Six Wives of Henry VIII: The Visitor's Companion to the Palaces, Castles & Houses Associated with Henry VIII's Iconic Queens
Sarah Morris and Natalie Grueninger
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This book provides a fresh perspective on the lives of Henry VIII's six wives by embarking on a...