[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars I really didn’t know a lot about Elizabeth of York but was able to learn about this woman and how she started the Tudor dynasty. It was researched well and enjoyed how much passion Beverley Adams had about this.
NetGalley, Kathryn McLeer

[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars An interesting look at the women who fought for their faith in an age of increasing religious division and an age where conformity to the religious will of the state was expected.
NetGalley, Caroline Palmer

[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars ‘Elizabeth’s first suitor arrived when she was still an infant, when she was considered as a possible bride for the son of the French king.’ After reading The Tudors By Numbers and loving it, I knew I needed to get my hands on Carol’s next book. I admire Elizabeth for her courage to remain ‘the virgin queen’ despite the constant pressure from the moment she was born to her later years in life to marry and provide an heir. ‘She well understood the values and the dangers of marrying and the cakes and dangers of remaining single.’ Carole has done a great job and I defiantly just want to read ALL of her work in the future!
NetGalley, Georgi Lvs Books

[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars This is a layman accessible and interesting monograph on the life and works of Margaret More Roper. As a women of the period, she is nearly always considered a footnote in her father's biographies, but here the author has written a balanced and well reasoned consideration of her in historical context in her own right as a primary subject and not just an aside. The book is written with chapters in more or less chronological order: early life, the More household, education & adolescence, marriage & writing, motherhood, Humanism & reputation, reputation, loyalty, mortality (the imprisonment & death of her father), and their/her legacy. The book is meticulously annotated throughout and the chapter notes and bibliography will provide readers with many (many!) hours of further reading. Five stars. It's both a well written and researched study of the More family and allies (and enemies), but also a well rounded study of Humanism, intellectualism, and the possibilities.. Read more
NetGalley, Annie Buchanan

[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars This was a really well done nonfiction novel, I really enjoy the Tudor time-period. It had that research that I was looking for and was written perfectly. Helene Harrison has a great writing style and left me wanting to read more.
NetGalley, Kathryn McLeer