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I got a law degree once. It didn't take.
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Tag Archives: tudors
Of All The Books I’ve Reviewed This Year, Here Are the Ones You Should Read First
In reverse chronological order, roughly; not necessarily the order in which I endorse them. 1. BYE, MZUNGU! by Janice Ellen Lever. Lever’s memoir of her eighteen years running a kindergarten in Uganda is funny, adventurous, sweet, and absorbing all at … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, books 2012, books I recommend, fiction, memoir, non-fiction, novels, tudors
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Henry VIII: Fat, and Therefore Unlikeable. Also Fat. (Book Review)
Robert Hutchinson (fellow, Society of Antiquaries, London) doesn’t much like King Henry VIII. One doesn’t need to look further than the title of his 2005 history of Henry’s last years to know it (“Tyrant”, seriously). But what takes this book … Continue reading
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Tagged 16th century, anne of cleves, bloody mary, edward VI, elizabeth I, england, henry viii, katherine howard, katherine parr, mary, tudor dynasty, tudors
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