As with the other books I've read from Philippa Gregory, I am so tempted to run out and read factual books on the lives of Henry the VIII and Anne Boleyn and Mary Queen of Scots and all the others. I want to find out what actually happened and what didn't. I want to see how true to life is the story that Philippa Gregory has woven. She really is a wonderful storyteller. It's amazing how she is able to weave and fill in gaps of history. I mean, what would happen if she fabricated everything. It is a piece of fiction, isn't it? But it's based on facts. There really was a Mary Queen of Scots. There was a Queen Elizabeth. Speaking of which, I want to re-read The Virgin's Lover and compare notes. lol Anyway, it's not like someone is going to come and say Philippa Gregory is a liar and made up stuff.
In this book we follow Mary Queen of Scots during her days in England. She is the "other Queen" that is supposedly the rightful Tudor heir to the throne. As repeatedly said, Mary Queen of Scots is a queen three ways: she was married to the prince of France, she is daughter of the Queen of Scotland and she is the grandniece of Henry the VIII. She is held prisoner for conspiring to murder her husband, the Scottish prince, in order to marry her current husband, Lord Bothwell. Inquiries are made in the Elizabethan court and she is put under the 'house arrest' under Lord George Talbot, a man loyal to the throne. George Talbot, eventually loses his heart, his wife and much of his fortune in caring for this young queen as she plots to regain her freedom.
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