Sep 23, 2010 by jonow b | Posted in Books & Authors
I got interested in the Tudor dynasty after watching four seasons of the Tudors. Some people told me for a fictional depiction of the Tudor dynasty Philippa Gregory is the best. Then someone suggested Alison Weir and I brought the novel. It should be here soon but can anyone give me their review on it.
Yes, I've read it, and I have to say, it's absolutely excellent. So fascinating. Not boring at all. The book concentrates mostly on Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn. I've read many a biography by Alison Weir, and if I had to choose a favourite, it would be this one. It didn't take me long to read at all. I read it in one weekend as I just couldn't put it down! My second favourite biography by Alison Weir is "Children of England - The Heirs of Henry VIII" which is a natural follow-up book to "The Six Wives of Henry VIII". Recently finished "The Lady in the Tower", and after I've finished the book I'm currently reading, "The Red Queen" by Philippa Gregory, I'm going to read "Henry VIII: King and Court" by Weir. Anyone know what her next book will be?
| Sep 23, 2010
I've not read it, but it's on my list. I'm currently reading Lady in the Tower by Alison Weir. It's about the last few months of Anne Boleyn's life.
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MishMash [I am not one of your fans] | Sep 23, 2010
I really love Philippa Gregory's stories! I feel that they make so much more sense than anything else I've read!
Jackee | Sep 23, 2010
The Weir book isn't a novel. I guess you'd call it historical biography. But it's not a novel. It goes through each wife, how they got to be wives, the struggles they faced, historical rumors, their life at court etc. It was a pretty informative book. She does present a lot of information. However, there are few things she is clearly biased about, so select other books about the Tudors as well to get a balanced view. Wier has written a few novels but this isn't one of them.
Gregory is a compelling author and I'll say this about her, she typically doesn't write events into a story that aren't accurate or weren't at least suggested at some point by a historian, no matter how far fetched the idea. But she definitely writes FICTION, not historical fact. So if you are looking to find out more about the Tudors the Weir book is better than Gregory.
Sep 18, 2010 by Lavinia Perion | Posted in Royalty
I have a serious question based on facts and not my fantasy.Elizabeth I Tudor was called virgin as was impossible in those times an independent queen without a husband and she told from childhood that she would never marry(the cause being probably the fear of be beheaded by husband like her mother was).She was said to have some lovers(Robert Lester for sure).I've read some books of historians and watched the documentary "The Secret Life of Elizabeth I",so I've concluded that it was possible that she could have given birth to a child.Agree that we'll never know exactly as we didn't live near her in those times.So my question is:if she gave birth to a child,how could we find the name of the child and how we could trace her genealogy till nowadays.There were some cases when official history told a version and after many centuries was discovered that a royal had some descendants or any other facts.Thank you.
why not?.many people feared her and according the book of Carolly Eriksen there were many rumours of her pregnancy and she had dresses which cover all her body,after all she was quite skin and had people of confidence
The two most likely candidates for the bastard child of Elizabeth I are Arthur Dudley, the son of the Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley, and Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford (when he wasn't writing Shakespeare's plays). Paul Streitz argues that deVere was the love child of Thomas Seymour and Elizabeth I. Of course, some literary critics argue that Elizabeth herself wrote Shakespeare's plays.
Sep 18, 2010 by Lavinia Perion | Posted in Royalty
I have a serious question based on facts and not my fantasy.Elizabeth I Tudor was called virgin as was impossible in those times an independent queen without a husband and she told from childhood that she would never marry(the cause being probably the fear of be beheaded by husband like her mother was).She was said to have some lovers(Robert Lester for sure).I've read some books of historians and watched the documentary "The Secret Life of Elizabeth I",so I've concluded that it was possible that she could have given birth to a child.Agree that we'll never know exactly as we didn't live near her in those times.So my question is:if she gave birth to a child,how could we find the name of the child and how we could trace her genealogy till nowadays.There were some cases when official history told a version and after many centuries was discovered that a royal had some descendants or any other facts.Thank you.
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