Lisa Shardlow
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Was Hannah Green a real person in history? And was she really Fool to Edward and then Mary? I can't find any information on her online.
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Lisa Shardlow
I have since found the answer to my own question. On Philippa Gregory's website, in the section specifically about this book, she states: "Whenever people tell me their favourite of all my books, this is the one that is most often mentioned. I think people love the character of Hannah, who is invented but inspired by the existence of a real female 'Fool' who served Mary I. If you have a hardback edition you can see the royal picture which is thought to show her in a doorway in the endpapers. It is one of my favourite books and led on to The Virgin's Lover."
Read more at: http://www.philippagregory.com/books/...
Source: Philippa Gregory
Read more at: http://www.philippagregory.com/books/...
Source: Philippa Gregory
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