
The Catherine Howard Conspiracy (The Marquess House Trilogy #1)
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A timeshift thriller that will have you completely gripped! Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Philippa...
Tudor Period Historical Fiction Thriller

The Vampire Lovers (1970)
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Co-production between Hammer Films and American International. Enigmatic young woman Carmilla...
Hammer horror

Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen
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*A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller* Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen by bestselling historian...

Deborah (162 KP) rated Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England in Books
Dec 21, 2018
The Winter King of the title is Henry Tudor. Although more a history of the reign than biography (his early life is described only in brief), Henry doesn't come across as particularly likeably - not someone you'd like to sit down to dinner with! His whole style of kingship seems to be based around control of everyone around him and control was often achieved through financial means rather than physical threat. The story unfolds as almost horrific where we see innocent people 'informed' against, imprisoned illegally, tried with 'packed' juries and presented with crippling fines! The wonder really is that such a king was not overthrown! We see here how the notorious Empson & Dudley really worked, and although in a way they were scapegoats for many in the old Henrician regieme when Henry VIII came to the throne, you can see how imprisoning and then executing this unpleasant pair would have been a great crowd-pleasing move!
This book also shines some light on other charaters; it goes someway to explaining the later behaviour of Henry VIII for starters! The insight into the relationship of Philip of Burgundy and Juana of Castile was brief, but enlightning.
Many Tudor writers go straight for the two obvious targets; the larger than life Henry VIII and his daughter, Elizabeth I, so here it made an interesting change to see the earlier Tudor world and how Henry VIII grew up in this; even if it was a place full of paranoid and insecurity!

The Godmother's Secret
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What if you knew what happened to the Princes in the Tower. Would you tell? Or would you forever...
Biographical Historical Fiction Historical Mystery

The Unfaithful Queen: A Novel of Henry VIII's Fifth Wife
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Amid the turbulent, faction-ridden late reign of the fearsome Henry, eager high-spirited Catherine...

Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Building Love in Books
May 29, 2018

Deborah (162 KP) rated Forensic Shakespeare in Books
Dec 21, 2018

Ross (3284 KP) rated The Boys Volume 11: Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men in Books
Oct 31, 2019 (Updated Oct 31, 2019)
Some epic twists in this story, as Homelander's plans to press superheroes' place in society start to unfold.
If you aren't humming the tenpole tudor song every time you pick this book up, there is something very wrong with you.
This should really have ended the story nicely with minimal doubt. However, there was another volume!

The Six Wives of Henry VIII
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One of the most powerful monarchs in British history, Henry VIII ruled England in unprecedented...