Today I finished The Red Queen’s Daughter by Jacqueline Kolosov. It was gifted to me by a friend for Christmas, and it seemed ideal to kick off the 52 books challenge with. I usually dont read historical novels like this, but my friend has a thing for stuff involving the Tudors and sometimes that comes through in her gifts. I was actually pleasantly surprised at how much I liked it. Mary Seymour is the daughter of Henry the Eighth’s sixth wife, Katherine Parr, and as her mother died 6 days after childbirth, and her father was executed for treason, she was sent to live with a guardian. It follows Mary’s life as a lady in waiting for Queen Elizabeth I, and her life at Court. Plenty of delicious scandal and mystery occurs when one is at Queen Elizabeth’s Court, apparently.
Finished: The Red Queen’s Daughter
5 01 2009
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Hmm…..will have to read this book.
I have read many books about Queen Katherine Parr, but have never heard her referred to as the red queen. How did she get that label?
Haven’t read much about Mary Seymour; her life is an historical mystery. Is this book fiction or non fiction?
It’s been awhile since I’ve read the book again, so the details are a little blurred. The book is fiction, and I believe there is an author’s note somewhere in the book saying that she was intrigued by Mary Seymour, so she decided to make up a life for her. I am not sure of much else, but I definitely recommend reading it.