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In the Shadow of Queens

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As someone who has always been fascinated and obsessed with anything Tudor. This book had me hooked.

This book is a collection of stories about the Tudors but in a way I wasn't expecting. It follows people that lived in the shadows of the queen's and tells their story from their perspectives.

I particularly enjoyed the authors notes that clarified what was truth, what was assumed from evidence and what was put together for fiction.

The story that struck me the most was the last, I had no idea the history that followed Katherine Parrs death, and I am already planning a visit to Sudeley Castle.

If you enjoy English History or Tudors, make sure you give this a read!

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I truly loved this book. The start of the book is a recap of the Queens of Henry the eighth. Then there is a short story about each of the Queens. I haven’t read the full books but I will definitely be reading them in the near future. I just loved being transported back in time to how they lived. If you love the Tudor period or royalty then you will love this.

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I really enjoyed this book. It was a great storyline with excellent characters. I would highly recommend this book as it was a great read.

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Anne Boleyn was my least favourite queen from the Tudor Queens series but in this book I liked her back story the best. I really like Alison Weir's writing style and this book doesn't disappoint.

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In the Shadow of Queens - Alison Weir gives the reader an alternative viewpoint of some of the possible characters that may have been served alongside Henry the eighth's wives.

The individual stories all seem to have a different tone, one or two are written using a vast amount of historical language whereas others are plainly written.
I particularly loved reading about Anne of Cleeves and her journey to become Henry's very short-lived spouse.
The stories are incredibly well written and Weir is a master of historical fiction.

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I have read all of the 6 wives of Henry V111 books and enjoyed them all massively. I missed the fact that this book is made up of the short stories that had been released to accompany the main stories. I had purchased and read some of these short stories over the years and so there were only 2 stories that I had not already read. This is the only reason I have the book 4 stars. The 2 stories that were new to me where as usual brilliant and this complication makes a good accompanying read to the main stories.

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In the Shadow of Queens by Alison Weir

Another great title by Alison Weir , she never fails to delight the reader by her well written , well researched insight into Henry v111 Tudor england. . I loved that these stories are broken up into smaller tales that offer up the insightful events that surrounded his queens who some of them ( as we know ) suffered untimely deaths.

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Interesting and brilliant stories from a renowned historian, Alison Weir. I would definitely recommend this book. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for giving me a copy. Of the book, needless to say the research is impeccable.

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