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Set in the England of the Middle Ages, this is the true story of a couple in love who refused to be parted by political forces and differences in rank. Joan, Countess of Kent, the niece of King Edward III of England, was very unusual for her era.Joan, who was considered quite a...
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“He is a young man with a future of power and opportunity and we are young women destined to be either wives and mothers at the very best, or spinster parasites at the worst.”“The Boleyn Inheritance” is a fine historical novel. Philippa Gregory, the author, uses an interesting narrative device to tell the...
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The Girl in the Tree by Şebnem İşigüzel (✫✫✫)Unusual style with a powerful message of a young woman struggling for self-discovery amidst an oppressive government. An unlikely love story provides an attentive ear. I liked this book but found myself confused by the way the author jumped backward and forwards and I could...
