Philippa’s answer to “the marriage between Henry Tudor & Elizabeth of York is generally accepted as happy and respectful …” > Likes and Comments

I think The Kings Curse is the best in the cousin's series. Philippa really brought this amazing lady alive and I appreciated the little touches, which shows that Margaret was often scared so much so she was almost paralysed with it and yet what a strong lady she was. To live to such a great age(in Tudor times) and die such a tragic death and at the hands of a tyrant. I don't think she feared death so much as being labelled a traitor due to her father's death....I think this haunted her throughout her life, the fact that her father died a traitor; it was a terrible stain on the family's name.

I think Margaret Pole is now a blessed in the Catholic Church and deservedly so.....But the person I was also angry at was her son, Reginald Pole, why would he write such a letter knowing it would incite the King and place his entire family in peril? I wonder if he died with an easy conscience?

I'm also looking forward to reading PG's interpretation of Katherine Parr....I think it is now a matter of days before the books release.....excellent lol

Margaret Pole was such a brave woman with such a hard life. I always admired her dignity, it is really easy to feel for her a lot.

You should totally read more on Katherine Parr - I'm sure you like her a lot. There recently have been some other fictional books about her and of course non-fiction. You can combine.

From the outside, without much context or detail, it looks to me as pretty self-serving on Reginald's behalf. I know that he hid out in Italy for a long while with some equivalent to diplomatic immunity, but not much more than that.

I hope he had a hard time living with himself after his cousin killed his mother. I'm glad she's since been blessed! Her marriage was perhaps the only truly happy time she knew, in an otherwise hard life. I don't envy her and hope she's at peace.

I really should also read up more on Katherine! She is always described as supremely intelligent, which invariably draws me. I'll see what e-books I can get my hands on!

Do either of you read much re: Cleopatra? She and Hatshepsut have fascinated me since I was little.

For some reason I simply ignored Katherine Parr and yet like Anne of Cleves she also survived marriage to that mad king Henry VIII, which is quite something!

As for Reginald Pole, he was either brave or foolish enough to speak to the King face to face and nearly paid for that with his life....which is why I cannot comprehend WHY he would write to Henry criticising his actions. It seem incomprehensible to have put his entire family in danger-did he do it to curry favour with the Pope? If so, his family certainly paid a high price for it. He did go on to serve Mary Tudor and I think he became Archbishop of Canterbury(if my memory is correct) and died peacefully, unlike his poor mother!

I loved the way Philippa was able to create this dark shadow and sense of paranoia that pervaded the Court of Henry VIII when it comes to anyone named, Plantagenet....There is such an air of suspense and terror surrounding Margaret and her family that the reader becomes immediately embroiled in the life of Margaret Pole and her family. I really loved that book!

When it comes to Cleopatra I haven't read that much on her, perhaps I should.

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