Book of the Week: All Manner of Things by Wendy J. Dunn #HistoricalFiction #TudorEngland #KatherineOfAragon #RecommendedReading

Falling Pomegranate Seeds: All Manner of Things

Book 2 of the Katherine of Aragon Story

by Wendy J. Dunn

Winter, 1539.

Too ill to travel from her London home, María de Salinas writes a letter to her daughter Katherine, the young duchess of Suffolk. A letter telling of her life: a life intertwined with her friend and cousin Catalina of Aragon, the youngest child of Isabel of Castile. It is a letter to help her daughter understand the choices she has made in her life, beginning from the time she keeps her vow to Catalina to share her life of exile in England.

Friendship.

Betrayal.

Hatred.

Forgiveness.

Will love win out in the end?

Silver Medal in the Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year Awards 2021.

Praise for All Manner of Things:

“...author Dunn stands alongside rival authors of Tudor England, Jean Plaidy and Philippa Gregory. You immediately feel part of Catalina's inner court, suffer with them, and share their joys and sorrows, pain, and fear. Dunn sets you into that world with great skill.”

~ Historical Novel Reviews

“From a tender, yet forbidden, romance to the death of her dearest friend, Falling Pomegranate Seeds: All Manner of Things, Book #2 by Wendy J. Dunn is the unforgettable story of María de Eresby as she, along with Catalina of Aragon, learns to dance to a decidedly deadly Tudor tune.”

~ The Coffee Pot Book Club, 5* Review

“If Tudor history is your passion - or even if it's not - this is a book to enjoy again and again.”

~ The Historical Fiction Company, 5* Review

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Book of the Month: Frances – Tudor Countess by Tony Riches #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #RecommendedReading

Frances – Tudor Countess

The Elizabethan Series, Book #5

by Tony Riches

“A thrilling portrait of a remarkable woman who witnessed the key events of Elizabethan England.”

Frances Walsingham is the only surviving child of Queen Elizabeth’s ‘spymaster’ Sir Francis Walsingham. Better educated than most men, her father arranges her marriage to warrior poet Sir Philip Sidney.

After Philip Sidney is killed in battle, Frances becomes Countess of Essex, and is banished from court after her husband Sir Robert Devereaux’s rebellion against the queen.

Can she marry for love, if it means turning her back on her faith and all she knows?

Based on extensive historical research, this is the story of Frances, Countess of Essex and Clanricarde. 

Praise for Frances – Tudor Countess:

"I was very impressed. I have read many historical books by Philippa Gregory and Anne o Brien among others. This book rates alongside these and I look forward to reading another."

Amazon 5* Review

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This title is available to read on #KindleUnlimited.

Tony Riches

Tony Riches is a full-time UK author of Tudor historical fiction. He lives with his wife in Pembrokeshire, West Wales and is a specialist in the lives of the early Tudors. 

As well as his new Elizabethan series, Tony’s historical fiction novels include the best-selling Tudor trilogy and his Brandon trilogy (about Charles Brandon and his wives).

For more information about Tony’s books please visit his website and his blog, The Writing Desk, and find him across social media.

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