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I recently came across a book series about the Tudors and if you know me, you know how much I love the historical genre and if it ties back to the Tudors…even better. Â This books I am referring to this week are the Secrets of the Tudor Court series and I can’t wait to dive into them. Â I’m pretty sure that once I have these in my possession I will read them back to back!
Secrets of the Tudor Court: The Pleasure Palace by Kate Emerson (Website, Goodreads)Published by Simon and Schuster on February 3rd 2009
Genres: Fiction, Historical, Romance
Pages: 400
Beautiful. Seductive. Innocent. Jane Popyncourt was brought to the court as a child to be ward of the king and a companion to his daughters -- the princesses Margaret and Mary. With no money of her own, Jane could not hope for a powerful marriage, or perhaps even marriage at all. But as she grows into a lovely young woman, she still receives flattering attention from the virile young men flocking to serve the handsome new king, Henry VIII, who has recently married Catherine of Aragon. Then a dashing French prisoner of war, cousin to the king of France, is brought to London, and Jane finds she cannot help giving some of her heart -- and more -- to a man she can never marry. But the Tudor court is filled with dangers as well as seductions, and there are mysteries surrounding Jane's birth that have made her deadly enemies. Can she cultivate her beauty and her amorous wiles to guide her along a perilous path and bring her at last to happiness? Basing her gripping tale on the life of the real Jane Popyncourt, gifted author Kate Emerson brings the Tudor monarchs, their family, and their courtiers to brilliant life in this vibrant new novel.
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