If you thought “Six of One: A Tudor Riff” was the most fun you could have with your nightdress on, wait until you see what “Seven Will Out: A Renaissance Revel” has in store. Get ready for one ‘ruff’ night!
Tudorphile Dolly thought that the night she spent on an astral plane with Henry VIII’s six wives, learning their heretofore unknown secrets, was a one-time thing. Not so! In “Seven Will … “Seven Will Out”, Dolly finds herself back in the ether with the women of later Tudor times: Elizabeth I, ‘Bloody’ Mary, Bess of Hardwick, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Anne Hathaway Shakespeare, to name a few. They too have secrets that will turn history on its head, and comic sass that will keep you laughing.
You’ve read all of the traditional, serious and romantic takes on the legendary Tudors. Why not try your Tudors with a new and different twist?
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I love history and learning things about history I did not know. So, some of the information about some of the minor royals of the Tudor Court was very interesting. Enough so I started making a list of names and looking them up to learn more about them. I am not a great lover of Shakespeare, but thought it was an interesting take on history that the first couple of ladies wrote plays that ended up in Shakespeare’s Canon. Beyond that I really started losing interest, which is highly unusual for me. I gave up and went to the last chapter. Think it would have been a great book if you had stopped at just a couple of the ladies and not the entire extended family.
Tedious and boring
A very different twist on Henry VIII
Wow! What a fun ride and a great history lesson to boot. The central character finds herself interacting with a variety of Tudor ladies and solving an interesting mystery in the meantime. The author has done a wonderful job of researching the book and it is sprinkled with enough quotes to satisfy any English major.
Too silly for me
Very witty and an interesting look at history!
Total waste of time and money
I didn’t actually finish it. Nothing really objectionable – the characters just didn’t appeal to me. Not really very historical. There’s a lot of action so others might like this more than I did.
For someone who is “into” English Tudor/Elizabethan history, this would be a great read. I am not, so was confused and frankly bored. I did not finish this book.
I did get a little tired of how the Shakespeare plays – over 20 of them and seemed like the same thing over and over
Couldn’t get into it- waited way too long for anything Tudor to show up, couldn’t finish it. Perhaps just not my cup of tea and others would love it.
Interesting concept, learned a lot about Henry viiis wives and other contemporaries. Definitely kept my interest.
Juvenile and ridiculous!
I had such good time reading this book. Wonder if there might be a sprig of truth to JoAnn’s theory. I went back and downloaded the 1st book in this series and will be reading it as soon as I give my “little grey cells” a rest from that twisted family tree of the Tudor’s. I did manage to get it a bit straitened out. Talk about keeping it the family. We’ve got a lot of strong women in this story, but then they had to be to survive. ±P±
Suspend disbelief to travel back in time with a Tudor scholar addicted to sitcom patter. Readers who have wondered where to weigh in on the question whether Shakespeare was the author of the plays will enjoy this lively reconstruction from the astral plane. Guest appearances from the way-back machine are dressed to the hilt. Well researched and fun to read.
I wish I’d read the 1st book now. ; )
Interesting concept. Interesting characters but the narratives got long. Not much action.
Boring
Quite the romp for those who know and love Tudor history with quotes and quips galore as the MC listens to the stories of queens and those who lives were molded by queens.
Too cutsey