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Boleyn, Anne
2 Reviews
(3)
YA
At age fourteen, Mary Howard and Henry FitzRoy (an illegitimate son of King Henry VIII) were married but forbidden to consummate the relationship. From this thin skein of historic fact, Longshore weaves a tale of love growing amid the corruption, ambition, and betrayals of the Tudor court. Detailed research and a deftly composed heroine make this hefty historical romance novel satisfying.
Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac
(4)
YA
Concentrating on Anne Boleyn's first three years in King Henry VIII's court, Longshore crafts a sympathetic first-person account of a young woman who's ambitious to be noticed, determined to choose her own husband, reluctantly enamored of the poet Thomas Wyatt, and loyal to her siblings. The decision to employ modern phrasings and modes of thought often interrupts the sense of historical authenticity.
Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac
2 reviews
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