Goodreads Monday is now hosted by Budget Tales Book Club. All you have to do is show off a book from your TBR that you’re looking forward to reading.
Hello!
I hope everyone has had a good start to the week. I have had a good day catching up on some jobs in the garden and getting Etsy orders sent out.
My chosen book to feature off my Goodreads TBR this week is one from one of my favourite authors, Alison Weir.
Henry VIII The Heart and the Crown by Alison Weir
Young Henry began his rule as a magnificent and chivalrous Renaissance prince who embodied every virtue. He had all the qualities to make a triumph of his rule, yet we remember only the violence. Henry famously broke with the Pope, founding the Church of England and launching a religious revolution that divided his kingdom. He beheaded two of his wives and cast aside two others. He died a suspicious, obese, disease-riddled tyrant, old before his time. His reign is remembered as one of dangerous intrigue and bloodshed—and yet the truth is far more complex.
The King’s Pleasure brings to life the idealistic monarch who expanded Parliament, founded the Royal Navy, modernised medical training, composed music and poetry, and patronized the arts. A passionate man in search of true love, he was stymied by the imperative to produce a male heir, as much a victim of circumstance as his unhappy wives. Had fate been kinder to him, the history of England would have been very different.
Here is the story of the private man. To his contemporaries, he was a great king, a legend in his own lifetime. And he left an extraordinary legacy—a modern Britain.
Happy Reading
Lady Book Dragon 
That does sound good. I always liked learning about the Kings and Queens in history when I was younger.
Enjoy your garden! It’s cold here so we haven’t been out in ours, not that we do very often anyway as it’s very small and really hot when it’s hot 😂
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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Thank you. Our garden is running wild so I’m desperately trying to tame it and I might be able to sit in it during the summer.
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😂 ours is tiny and has astro turf instead of grass. It is lovely and soft and to be honest bouncier than our carpet indoors 😂 the only downside is the heat. It gets burning hot in the summer. We do have real plants but they are very much left to their own devises. We shall see what survives this year!
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