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1:03 pm
January 27, 2010
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Has anyone read this? I picked it up in a charity shop and I was wondering if it was any good.
8:30 pm
May 16, 2011
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Personally, i've never even heard of the book but I did take the time to look it up and read many reviews.
In the reviews it states that alot of rumors from their reigns were used as pure fact in the book and that the pages 'were filled with scandal after scandal'. And from the same review: 'Elizabeth was portrayed as man-hungry and slept with practically everyone;Mary was a silly immature girl who was happy to betray her country to sleep with her new husband' Which is completely way off! Then the review ended with 'Purdy took it way too far'.
I don't like when authors use all the lies in the book to make an 'interesting' read…cough cough…phillipa…cough…. gregory….cough. (must be coming down with a cold). I probably will find the book either in a store or on my E-Reader and read it and have my own opinion but based on the reviews i've read it seems like another tall tale book.
Hope I helped a little…..
• Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be.
11:33 pm
January 27, 2010
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Hmm okay then! At least I know how high (or not) to have my expectations! Thanks for passing that on.
Hope your cold gets better. Bit of a cough you have there 😉
11:02 am
December 5, 2009
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Purdy also wrote a book about Jane Rochford in which Catherine Howard and Anne of Cleves have a very graphic lesbian relationship involving a pot of honey. It's enough to put you off honey for life!
11:45 am
November 18, 2010
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uggg!
that's starting to be the new rumour then, AoC/KH…I read Lies and Lust in the Tudor Court where Anne tries to proposition KH…
It's always bunnies.
2:49 pm
January 27, 2010
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Louise said:
Purdy also wrote a book about Jane Rochford in which Catherine Howard and Anne of Cleves have a very graphic lesbian relationship involving a pot of honey. It's enough to put you off honey for life!
Seriously? Perhaps there's a reason why her book was in the charity shop in the first place!
2:52 pm
January 27, 2010
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Anyanka said:
uggg!
that's starting to be the new rumour then, AoC/KH…I read Lies and Lust in the Tudor Court where Anne tries to proposition KH…
I guess putting a lesbian twist on things is the latest new thing. I'm all for live and let live, but these are historical figures and there is no evidence!!
