then The Last Wife of Henry VIII: A Novel
and now Mary Queen of Scotland & The Isles: A Novel
has taken over my life. Written by the ever-so-skilled Margaret George, and weighing in at a hefty 870 pages, I have been reading it like a madwoman for over two weeks.
A few things I have learned:
1. Reading passages about torture on "the rack" will literally make me faint.
2. It is great to be living in a country and time in which I am not in any immediate danger of being killed for my religious beliefs.
3. It is great to be living in a country and time in which modern plumbing is a given.
When I was a kid, I read The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
probably five times. Basically, everything I really know about history, I learned from reading historical fiction like this. If you ever have a spare couple of weeks, I highly recommend these books.
Maybe you were royalty in a prior life? :)
ReplyDeleteExcept for the hefty size of Mary, it is best read while reclining - you can't faint lying down!
ReplyDeleteOch, I know I would fall asleep reading lol. I do love Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" novels, though I have been too busy being crafty to read.
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