Secrets of the Tudor Court by D.L. Bogdan

Henry VIII’s court came to life, and readers will feel like they’ve stepped back in time to endure the pain, commiserate the despair and rejoice in the character’s happiness. Her research was impeccable, and the heroine a unique character in Tudor history I didn’t know much about-Mary Howard, daughter to the great Duke of Norfolk, the man behind Mary Boleyn and Anne Boleyn, their viciously proud and fortune seeking uncle. My children had to pry the book away from my hands when it came time to make dinner.īogdan has a knack for writing vivid, realistic, intense scenes. And not your average hooked, I mean, eyes popped wide, mouth open, oblivious to my surroundings. Now Mary must learn to play her part well in a dangerous chess game that could change her life-and the course of history.įrom the very first sentence of SECRETS OF THE TUDOR COURT, I was hooked. But just when Mary believes she is finally free of her father, the tides turn. Not until she becomes betrothed to Harry Fitzroy, the Duke of Richmond and son to King Henry VIII, does Mary finds the love and approval she's been seeking.

Yet despite all of her efforts to please him, she too falls prey to his cold wrath. But Mary has also seen the King's fickle nature and how easily he discards those who were once close to him.ĭiscovering that she is a pawn in a carefully orchestrated plot devised by her father, the duke of Norfolk, Mary dare not disobey him. Everything Anne touches seems to turn to gold, and Mary is certain Anne will one day become Queen. When young Mary Howard receives the news that she will be leaving her home for the grand court of King Henry VIII, to attend his mistress Anne Boleyn, she is ecstatic. Bogdan, AND an interview I did with the author. Today on History Undressed I’m posting my review of a phenomenal book, Secrets of the Tudor Court, by D.L.

Secrets of the Tudor Court by D.L. Bogdan