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I know Marian read and adored Mary Boleyn.
Which author, Skye? We read Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings by Alison Weir in 2014 (the thread is still open), but there are several other biographies of her, I think.
I will have to look at my B and N book list because I have many Tudor books saved on my wish list.
Can I please nominate my new novel, Falling Pomegranate Seeds: The Duty of Daughters? It tells the story of Katherine of Aragon's childhood and early youth through the eyes of her tutor, Beatriz Galindo.
I will pitch in my novel
into the mix. In case anyone is interested, it is on sale Dec 5-12 (not trying to be a commercial plug, but to save people money, on the chance it is voted in)
The Reluctant Ambassador: The Life and Times of Sir Thomas Chaloner, a Tudor Diplomat
John Dudley: The Life of Lady Jane Grey's Father-in-Law
Anyone else want to make a nomination? I'll probably be starting the poll sometime tomorrow.
I think I will nominate two: Sovereign, by C.J. Sansom, and How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life, by Ruth Goodman.I'll close nominations and start a poll later today - so if anyone has a last-minute nomination, now is a good time to make it.
I will nominate Elizabeth's Women: Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen by Tracy Borman.
Just to get a sense of context, I nominate The Great Plague by Walter George Bell
That's a good sixty years past the Tudors, Jan.
Yes indeed, but plague (or the Black Death) was always present.
The poll is now open - you'll find it on the home page of the group, or through this link: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1... .
At this point it looks like the winner is going to be Ruth Goodman's How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life.
How to be a Tudor did indeed win, and we'll be discussing it here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... .
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Books mentioned in this topic
How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life (other topics)Elizabeth's Women: Friends, Rivals, and Foes Who Shaped the Virgin Queen (other topics)
Sovereign (other topics)
How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life (other topics)
The Tudor Bride (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Tracy Borman (other topics)C.J. Sansom (other topics)
Ruth Goodman (other topics)
Kate Emerson (other topics)
Joanna Hickson (other topics)
If it's in a series, can it be easily read as a stand-alone? If not, you might want to nominate the first book in the series, or the most recent book in it the group has not read together.
Can't remember what we've already read as a group? (Sometimes I can't, either.) There's a "group-reads" shelf on the group's Bookshelf.
Two nominations to a person, please.