The Queen’s Fool

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She’s young (even though most girls of her age were often already married by age 14) and in the throws of a first love but after that, what she did often made little sense to me.

The Queen’s Fool by Philippa Gregory | Waterstones

Another long time reader who read romance novels in her teens, then took a long break before started back again about 25 years ago.She apparently had a favoured position with Mary and was given a valuable wardrobe and an unusually large number of shoes.

The Queen’s Fool | Ally Sherrick The Queen’s Fool | Ally Sherrick

I think I was waiting until she finished more so I wouldn’t have to wait for years in between books and kind of forgot about it. John Nichols, llustrations of the manners and expences of antient times in England (London, 1797), pp.Yes, I’ve read Lymond’s books and started collecting the other series (set in Italy, 14th C I think?

Jane Foole - Wikipedia Jane Foole - Wikipedia

This book is ideal to read as a class text and perfect for hot-seating and discussing empathy in upper KS2.

Hannah is adopted by the glamorous Robert Dudley, the charismatic son of King Edward’s protector, who brings her to court as a “holy fool” for Queen Mary and, ultimately, Queen Elizabeth. Anne Boleyn was portrayed as an evil incestuous witch in The Other Boleyn Girl, and nothing could be further from the truth. And I thought you moved Hannah through the story to place her at various important events with ease. A great adventure with wonderful characters that will leave readers on the edge of their seats at the same time as wanting to learn more about the period. And despite the fact that I had to take my cat to the vet and then my car died on me today and I had to spend a few hours getting towed, borrowing another car, then driving out to pick mine up when (thank God) it only turned out to be a minor problem, I managed to get all 500 pages of it read in only two days.