The best historical fiction are works that those
opening a door to the past and keep us there.
The Godmother’s Secret is one
such novel. Beautifully written, it offers a believable tale about the fates of
the Princes in the Tower—one of them the uncrowned Edward V, and the other
Richard, Duke of York, his younger brother.
Suspense. Intrigue. At times penned in prose near to
poetry, this story speaks to us of the tragedy of war and its human cost.
If you knew the fate of the Princes in the Tower would you tell? Or forever keep the secret?May 1483: The Tower of London. When King Edward IV dies and Lady Elysabeth Scrope delivers her young godson, Edward V, into the Tower of London to prepare for his coronation, she is engulfed in political turmoil. Within months, the prince and his brother have disappeared, Richard III is declared king, and Elysabeth’s sister Margaret Beaufort conspires with her son Henry Tudor to invade England and claim the throne.
Desperate to protect her godson, Elysabeth battles the intrigue, betrayal and power of…
A novel
that powerfully opened the door to the past from the very first page, this time
Constantinople's fall in the 15th century.
I confess it was a time in history I knew little of before reading
this novel. Wonderfully researched, Worth’s world building is skilled, as is
the crafting of her characters. I felt my heart in my throat as her story moved
relentlessly towards Constantinople's fall, dreading the
deaths of characters I had taken to my heart.
Tony Riches not only introduces us to the
captivating and beautiful Penelope Devereux but all the grandeur and unbridled
ambition of the Elizabethan age.
Richly researched, well told, and bringing
vividly to the page many of the main players of this time, Penelope – Tudor
Baroness tells the story of a remarkable woman, with the courage to live her
life on her terms.
Beatriz is an uneasy witness to the Holy War of Queen Isabel and her husband, Ferdinand, King of Aragon. A Holy War seeing the Moors pushed out of territories ruled by them for centuries.
The road for women is a hard one. Beatriz must tutor the queen's youngest child, Catalina, and equip her for a very different future life. She must teach her how to survive exile, an existence outside the protection of her mother. She must prepare Catalina to be England's queen.
A tale of mothers and daughters, power, intrigue, death, love, and redemption. In the end, Falling Pomegranate Seeds sings a song of friendship and life.
