Book description
England, late 1547. King Henry VIII Is dead. His fourteen-year-old daughter Elizabeth is living with the king's widow, Catherine Parr, and her new husband, Thomas Seymour. Seymour is the brother of Henry VIII's third wife, the late Jane Seymour, who was the mother to the now-ailing boy King. Ambitious and…
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1 author picked The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love everything by Elizabeth Norton, but this book is one of my all-time favourites.
It tells the story of Elizabeth I’s life before she became queen; the spotlight is on her short stay in the household of Katherine Parr and Thomas Seymour. Fast-paced and evocative, it reads like a thriller.
It’s a narrative based on primary source material, printed and archival, describing the events between Henry VIII’s death in January 1547 and Thomas Seymour’s execution in March 1549.
This book is a lesson in how to create an immersive historical narrative while staying true to the primary sources. An…
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