7/7/2023 0 Comments The sum of all his kissesthey even subjected Anne Askew (protestant martyr) to the rack before burning her. The Tudor court of Henry VIII seems to have been a pretty horrendous place for women. Most recently I have been devouring Jojo Moyes who combines exciting page turning plots with real world 'people' problems.įollowing a recent visit to Sudely Castle in England, (associated with Thomas Seymore and Elizabeth Parr) I have now started reading Tudor historicals, most recent being 'Queen's Gambit' by Elizabeth Freemantle but also books by Jane Feather and Philipa Gregory. An interest in English history also lead me to Eloisa James, Julia Quinn (Bridgertons) and Mary Jo Putney in particular. In the early days of my romance reading, I was fascinated by the mix of romance and adventure in the great wild outdoors, as portrayed for example by Catherine Anderson and Elizabeth Lowell. a bit like a Regency rake and a mistress, though I hasten to add that this tendency does not extend to marriage! Perhaps being unfaithful is a masculine trait, for I find that I voraciously devour a particular author for a while and then suddenly move on.
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