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THE SISTERS WHO WOULD BE QUEEN by Leanda de Lisle (HarperPress, [pounds]25)
WHAT a gift the Tudors were to writers and filmmakers. Powerful characters and spiritual passions; lives hanging by a thread, dependent on the birth of a son, or the whims of monarchs and the ambitious intrigues of whispering courtiers. Plus the ever-present threat of captivity, barbaric punishments, sweating sickness, smallpox and the plague, all set against a luxuriously textured, richly jewelled backcloth of beautiful palaces.See the full content of this document
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True Treachery of the Tudors ; Crictics Choice
The three Grey sisters were tragic. Their misfortune was to have been Henry VIII's great-nieces, named in Henry's will as his successors, should his own offspring -- Edward, Mary and Elizabeth ...
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