The Passionate Tudor: A Novel of Queen Mary I Author: Alison Weir Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Ballantine Publication Date: 2024 Pages: 528 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the dramatic and poignant life of King Henry VIII’s daughter—infamously known as Bloody Mary—who ruled England for five violent years. Born from young King Henry’s first marriage, his elder daughter, Princess Mary, is raised to be queen once it becomes clear that her mother, Katherine of Aragon, will bear no more children. However, Henry’s passion for Anne Boleyn has a devastating influence on the young princess’s future when, determined to sire a male heir, he marries Anne, has his marriage to Katherine declared unlawful, brands Mary illegitimate, and banishes them both from the royal court. But when Anne too fails to produce a son, she is behe...
Nest of The Gyrfalcon: Book Two of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy #6) by G. Lawrence: A Book Review
Nest of The Gyrfalcon: Book Two of the Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Heirs of Anarchy #6) Author: G. Lawrence Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: G. Lawrence Book Release Date: 2024 Pages: 342 Source: Borrowed Synopsis: Spring 1152. Once she was a Queen, and will become so again... Eleanor of Aquitaine has escaped her marriage to Louis of France, as well as various lords bent on capturing her and forcing her into marriage with them, and is safe in her homeland once more. Sending a message to Henry, Duke of Normandy, Eleanor arranges her second marriage, this time to a lord of her choosing, a man already in possession of an empire of his own, an heir to the English throne about to take back the crown stolen from his mother, the Empress Matilda. Through civil war, uprisings, and political turmoil, Eleanor, once Queen of France, will rise to become Elean...