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Lamentation

C.J. Sansom

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Matthew Shardlake is back in Lamentation, from the number one bestselling author C. J. Sansom....

The Other Tudor Princess: Margaret Douglas, Henry VIII's Niece

Mary McGrigor

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The Other Tudor Princess brings to life the story of Margaret Douglas, a shadowy and mysterious...

Protect The Prince

Jennifer Estep

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Magic, murder, adventure, and romance combine in this second novel in the exciting Crown of Shards...

Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen in Books

Nov 10, 2021

Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen

Alison Weir | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics

8.3

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Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen ( Six Tudor Queens book 3)
By Alison Weir

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THE WOMAN HAUNTED BY THE FATE OF HER PREDECESSOR.

Eleven days after the death of Anne Boleyn, Jane is dressing for her wedding to the King.

She has witnessed at first hand how courtly play can quickly turn to danger and knows she must bear a son . . . or face ruin.

This new Queen must therefore step out from the shadows cast by Katherine and Anne. In doing so, can she expose a gentler side to the brutal King?

I went into this not knowing very little of Jane Seymour and I found the book enchanting. She was a pure soul and in Alisons words she was portrayed so well. You felt the love she had for Katherine and the love she had for Henry and of course the shared dislike for Anne! I actually cried reading the last two chapters it was a very unjust end for a woman who had just become a mother to a son that was craved so much! I absolutely love this period and I find Alisons books just a brilliant outlook on the events. After i read Anne Boleyn I was just angry with the ending of this I’m saddened. Highly recommend such a beautiful tale of a short lived queen.

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Lee (2222 KP) rated Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) in Movies

Oct 26, 2018

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

2018 | Biography, Drama, Music

8.5

(156 Ratings)

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Live Aid

Bohemian Rhapsody stars Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, charting his life from working as a baggage handler at Heathrow airport to becoming a global superstar and blowing the crowds away at Live Aid. I've seen criticism that the movie skims over the darker side of Freddie's life but I thought this did enough to portray not only the lows but also the highs of his private life, and his life with fellow Queen band members. It's funny, sad and very entertaining in equal measure. Rami Malek is outstanding as Freddie. This was already hitting a 7 or 8 rating from me as it neared the end of the movie, but then they go and recreate pretty much their entire Live Aid set, cameras sweeping over the Wembley crowds and inbetween the performers onstage. It's just jaw dropping and took this up to a 10 from me. And I'm not even a big Queen fan!!

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Daniel Boyd (1066 KP) Oct 26, 2018

Yeah, that Live Aid sequence was incredible. That was apparently the first thing they filmed as well when production started, which I think actually makes it even more impressive.

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