Lauren Craig từ Goguddu, Karnataka, India

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05/05/2024

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Lauren Craig Sách lại (10)

2018-06-01 10:31

Nổi Danh Vang Dội - Những Tên Cướp Biển Vùng Caribbean Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Michael Cox

I don't know why I had this marked as read on my shelf, but i actually just read it! I think it's because I have so many Alison Weir books. :) This was like a lemon sorbet to cleanse the palate after the piece of crap book I read by Norah Lofts about the Queens of England. Just so beautifully researched and backed up by fantastic sources. I am a Tudor FREAK and I still found out so much I had never known, especially about Edward, Henry VIII's only legitimate son. Almost every Tudor book I have ever read, gave him a blip and made it seem like he took the throne and immediately died. So not true. I learned about his character, and how he passed (just heartbreaking) and I learned in detail about Mary Tudor's reign, something I have not read as much as I would like to in other books. It was particularly interesting after reading Norah Lofts account which contained the immortal line, "she only burned 300 people"...Ooookay. She neglected to mention one of those burned was a pregnant woman who gave birth while being burned and the priest in charge of her burning threw the baby back into the flames. Horrifying. All because she was a Protestant and did not want to become Catholic. At the same time you feel sympathy for Mary--she suffered a great deal both from her disastrous childhood (going from beloved Princess and heir to bastard) and her heartbreaking marriage to Phillip of Spain who I seriously wanted to dig up, kick and re-bury. What a horrible man. She also suffered multiple phantom pregnancies which must have truly been horrible and died young and heartbroken. The chapters on Elizabeth did not teach me much that I did not know except how hard she tried to avoid Mary's wrath during Mary's reign and more specific knowledge on her intelligence. She is probably the Tudor I know the most about so that was fine by me--I always love reading about her but it was nice to learn so much about Mary and Edward. As always with Alison Weir, incredibly researched, intelligent and interesting to read.

Người đọc Lauren Craig từ Goguddu, Karnataka, India

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.