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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
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Keeping up with the Kardashians? More like Keeping up with the Tudors!
A really interesting and extremely well researched read, although I do think Borman stumbles a bit when she tries to put thoughts in her subjects' heads. You can't say with certainty that a historical figure was motivated by X or felt Y emotion without evidence, and as such evidence is relatively rare I personally would've preferred her to leave that kind of conjecture out.
Amazing! A must-read for anyone obsessed with this period.
I have been reading books and websites about the Tudor monarchs since middle school, and I really thought I knew it all. I figured that at this point, it'd all be old news by now. I'm glad to report that I was wrong!
I learned so many fascinating details about their every day lives, that it was almost as fun as traveling to Eden Bridge to see Hever castle in person (OK, nothing could top that).
That famous unflattering portrait of Anne Boleyn with a double chin? Henry commissioned it, as he had bought her a black satin nightgown (lined with expensive sable furs, of course) and wanted a sexy picture of her in it before they were married. I imagine he kept it by his bedside table at night, ha ha. Just little things like that were really interesting. I also had no idea that Henry was bored after just a few months of marrying Jane Seymore. You wouldn't know it by watching TV shows about the period!
I highly recommend this one.
I have been reading books and websites about the Tudor monarchs since middle school, and I really thought I knew it all. I figured that at this point, it'd all be old news by now. I'm glad to report that I was wrong!
I learned so many fascinating details about their every day lives, that it was almost as fun as traveling to Eden Bridge to see Hever castle in person (OK, nothing could top that).
That famous unflattering portrait of Anne Boleyn with a double chin? Henry commissioned it, as he had bought her a black satin nightgown (lined with expensive sable furs, of course) and wanted a sexy picture of her in it before they were married. I imagine he kept it by his bedside table at night, ha ha. Just little things like that were really interesting. I also had no idea that Henry was bored after just a few months of marrying Jane Seymore. You wouldn't know it by watching TV shows about the period!
I highly recommend this one.
informative
slow-paced
I’m in a Tudors history phase right now and this is the second book I’ve finished in the last month about them. I found the information to be interesting. There was definitely a lot of details given about court life/royal life back in their day. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 is that sometimes it seemed the author was going off their opinion more than fact to decide how the royals felt about certain things. Like one example would be when the told us Queen Elizabeth, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s daughter, didn’t want to get married or have kids but then goes “she definitely was jealous of her cousin Mary having a husband and kid” like that doesn’t really make sense to me but otherwise I think there’s a lot of interesting facts in here if you didn’t already know about court life.
informative
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
informative
slow-paced
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley and Hodder & Stoughton in exchange for a fair and honest review. Thank you! 😀
This is a well researched book starting with Henry VII and ends with Elizabeth I. It goes beyond the story of the throne and goes into the details of life at court. The book is colorful and is full of interesting people. I was surprised by how sympathetic I felt towards the Monarchs and some of their royal subjects. Just because you are born into wealth and excess doesn’t mean you will lead a happy, fulfilled life.
This is a well researched book starting with Henry VII and ends with Elizabeth I. It goes beyond the story of the throne and goes into the details of life at court. The book is colorful and is full of interesting people. I was surprised by how sympathetic I felt towards the Monarchs and some of their royal subjects. Just because you are born into wealth and excess doesn’t mean you will lead a happy, fulfilled life.
This is a well researched book starting with Henry VII and ends with Elizabeth I. It goes beyond the story of the throne and goes into the details of life at court. The book is colorful and is full of interesting people. I was surprised by how sympathetic I felt towards the Monarchs and some of their royal subjects. Just because you are born into wealth and excess doesn’t mean you will lead a happy, fulfilled life.