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    Tudor - Anne Boleyn Books

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    I'm still pretty much obsessed with the Tudors, especially Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard. These are the books I would recommend:

    The Autobiography of Henry VIII- Margaret George

    The Boleyn Inheritance- Philippa Gregory

    The Sixth Wife- Jean Plaidy

    Murder Most Royal- Jean Plaidy

    The Lady In The Tower- Jean Plaidy

    The Confession of Katherine Howard- Suzannah Dunn

    Innocent Traitor - Alison Weir

    The Other Boleyn Girl- Philippa Gregory

     

    And non-fiction favourites:

     

    Elizabeth - David Starkey

    Six Wives - David Starkey

    The Lady In The Tower- Alison Weir

    Henry: Virtuous Prince - David Starkey

     

    :readingtwo:

    Tiger's 2010 reading list

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    LOL, I do have to admit that I am a Louise Rennison fanatic. :giggle:

     

    Now reading Eleanor of Aquitaine.

     

    I thought that Chosen was excellent. The House of Night series are the only vampire books I like really; I must say that they are excellent books. :D

    Tiger's 2010 reading list

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    I have not read much recently, due to lots of revision and coursework. However, I have tried to read as much as I can...

     

    Betrayed by PC and Kristen Cast

    Monarchy by David Starkey.

    Henry by David Starkey.

    Withering Tights by Louise Rennison

    The Confession of Katherine Howard by Suzannah Dunn

     

    Now I am reading Chosen by PC and Kristen Cast.

     

    Also on my To Be Read list is Eleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir, which I got on a recent school trip to Dover Castle (I could not resist :giggle2: )

    Tiger's 2010 reading list

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    Well as a reward for getting 100% attendance at school in the passed academic year, I was given £25 vouchers to spend on whatever I wanted. So I bought:

     

    Withering Tights by Louis Rennison

    Betrayedby PC and Kristen Cast

    Chosenby PC and Kristen Cast

    Monarchy by David Starkey.

     

    Yesterday I finished Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir, a read which took me just three days. It was very, very gripping. The reader feels incredibly sympathetic towards Lady Jane Grey, the protagonist, who endured a horrific childhood full of beatings and verbal abuse from her parents, for whom she was a mere polictical pawn. The story is told from the day Jane is born, right to the day she was beheaded after her reign of nine days.

     

    I found this book incredible, extremely gripping. I would recommend it to anyone.

     

    I am now reading Henryby David Starkey. I only started reading it this morning, and I must say already it's very, very good. I doubt it will last long :blush:

     

    I must add to my "To Be Read": Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, and its sequel The Lost World- both of which I haven't read since I was twelve years old, which was three years ago now. If I remember correctly, I thoroughly enjoyed both of them :D

    Tiger's 2010 reading list

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    For my birthday, I got The Lady In The Tower by Alison Weir and Henry by David Starkey. At Hever Castle on Saturday I got Elizabeth by David Starkey and at Tesco I got The Confession of Katherine Howard by Suzannah Dunn (what, it was half price! :))

     

    It's a bit of a mux ip trying to decide which to read next..... so I asked my history teacher today what to read next. She said one of the David Starkeys definitely, because my RE teacher is close friends with David Starkey :( Indeed they are.... she showed me a photo of my RE teacher's birthday party and the man himself is sat right next to her :(

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