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A Queen's Spy
A Queen's Spy: The Tudor Mystery Trials | Sam Burnell
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Meet Richard Fitzwarren - An anti-hero with a dubious past, questionable morals but unswerving loyalties Jack Fitzwarren, Richard's displaced bastard brother, seeks a place at his brother's side. Impulsive and hot headed, his attempts to gain his brother's acceptance and approval often end badly. Finally the brothers are brought head to head when Richard tries to foil a plot against Elizabeth I. Can Jack murder his brother to save a woman he's never met?Will Richard accept his fate and fight? Or will he run? "It combines murder, mystery, and intrigue in a most masterful way." Rita Kroon - Author of "Letters from the Past"As Tudor England erupts following the death of Edward VI, can one young spy protect his queen? International bestselling author Sam Burnell takes us deep into the treacherous world of powerful monarchs, intrigue, murder, and treason with this magnificent new epic, A Queen's Spy.In 1553, England is torn apart by religious conflict. Power in England shifts precariously between Catholics and Protestants, royalty and commoners clash, testing friendship, loyalty, and brotherly love. Richard Fitzwarren, caught in the middle of a cruel family feud, wants nothing more than to make his own way in the world. A childhood friend of the Princess Elizabeth, he cannot forget his loyalty in her time of need. Pressured by her sister, Mary, Elizabeth's continued existence remains precarious throughout her reign. The divide between Catholic Mary and Anne Boleyn's Protestant daughter Elizabeth is a deep one. PAGE UP AND ORDER
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Bailedbailed

Bail! Folks, run, don‘t walk from this one. See my previous posts for full details.

GingerAntics 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
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Bad editing? Catherine just saw Richard in the previous chapter; now she doesn‘t recognize him, but then this section ends noting she had met him 3 times! 🤔

“Catherine, returning from the kitchens, saw a man she did not recognise unloading a cart drawn by a tired, dusty-looking horse....Red-faced, composure shattered, Catherine fled the stables in a flurry of skirts. She had met him three times and he had reduced her to tears on two of them.”

Owlizabeth 🤔 5y
GingerAntics Oh for the 5y
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This “flowery” language over every darned detail is making this a lengthy, wordy, boring read. The “house‘s welcome embrace”...are you kidding me? A wife is described as “colorful, careless, and expensive.” And “skipping”! Ugh. A little is fine; a lot is annoying. Btw, this is 1500s England: which I picture a lot less romantically than this author does. And practically nothing has happened 25% into this looong book. Will I bail? Jury‘s out.

Smrloomis Hmmm, I‘m just confused. How can a wife be expensive? Why would she skip? 🤨 5y
GingerAntics That paragraph was about enough for me. Ugh. 5y
Texreader @Smrloomis @GingerAntics These crazy over-the-top (and often nonsensical) descriptions are continuous through this book. Thinking she was paid by the word. 5y
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GingerAntics 🤣😂🤣 I thought this is the precise reason they did away with that pay scheme. I can‘t stand books like that. I always want to yell at the book, “Just get on with it, would ya!” 5y
Texreader @GingerAntics I‘ve got to find another q book. This one‘s killing me! 5y
Texreader @GingerAntics Btw, do you ever sleep? 🤣 5y
Smrloomis @GingerAntics @Texreader 😂 no doubt. Ugh! 5y
GingerAntics I finally did sleep about 5. Not a fan. 5y
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I‘m needing a Q book for #litsyatoz so this freebie from Amazon is up next. Pretty decent read three chapters in.

GingerAntics Looks interesting. I look forward to your review. 5y
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BookBub alerted me to two free historical fiction Kindle books. Here‘s the first one.

julesG Now you know why it was for free 5y
Texreader @julesG ha!! Yes! 5y
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