a. beautiful novel of Anne of Cleaves. Anne of Cleaves isaMargaret Campbell Barnes evokes beautifully the life of Ann of Cleaves. The novel begins just before Ann leaves her native Germany and ends with the death of Henry viii. Ann is portrayed as a genuinely nice person, not as sexy as Anne Bole...
This book is awful. I didn't realize when I first picked it up that it's so dated, and maybe that's where some of the awfulness comes from, but still. Awful. You can write a history textbook, or you can write a novel, but when you try to write both it all just muddles together and neither aspect ...
A little slow at first, I eventually got wrapped up in the story of Henry VIII's mother, Elizabeth. I loved the way the book characterized her uncle, Richard, and the mystery of her two brothers who were murdered at his orders in the Tower of London .... or were they? The mystery continues. I...
The Passionate Brood by Margaret Campbell Barnes (Rated: C)ISBN 978-1-4022-4205-2Sourcebooks LandmarkPublished 2010Trade Paperback, 345 pagesReviewed by SandraThis is a historical fiction first published in 1944 and rereleased in 2010 that tells the story of the real 12th-century Plantagenet fami...
When country lad Will Somers lands himself the plum position of jester to the mercurial King Henry VIII, he has no idea that he's just been handed a front-row seat to history. With a seat near the throne and an ear to the floor, Somers witnesses firsthand the dizzying power struggles and sly sch...
He was supping with the Leighs at Thorley Manor, so he had told all and sundry, and he had leave to spend the night. And before going he made as much commotion as possible. Just as he reached the gatehouse he remembered that he had a long ride before him and sent his servant back for his thickest...
And Henry could not have been unaware of it. So one foul November Saturday, when thick mist swirled up from the river, he called together all the great ones in the land in Bridewell Palace and put his case before them. I was not among them, of course, but more than one told me afterwards what too...
With a dramatic gesture Catherine laid down Edward Hyde’s formal letter apprising her of the fact. Realization that her family life was reduced to a few formal notes exchanged between Hampton and Whitehall, where her husband now spent most of his time, had as much to do with her feeling of flat d...
Box 4410, Naperville, Illinois 60567–4410 Originally published in 1946 by the Macrae Smith Company. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Barnes, Margaret CampbellMy lady of Cleves : a novel of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves / MargaretCampbell Barnes.p. cm. ISB...
All morning the Queen kept her in attendance while she dictated letters to her secretary. She was more exacting than usual, and obviously worried. Ever since Wolsey’s visit to France she had been writing privately to her nephew, the Emperor. Whether Katherine knew about the French Princess’ portr...
But he had slept badly and lay still in his bed for a while, thinking over all the disturbing events of the previous day. After dinner they had gone down the river in the state barge as Henry had suggested. The meadows at Rotherhithe, usually so lush and green, had been black with insurgents, and...