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Family Saga / Coming of Age
15th Century
Bearnshaw Series #2
In the sequel to Bearnshaw: Legend of the Whyte Doe, author Natalie Rose departs
from the story of Sibyl Bearnshaw to create a new character, her son, Edmund.
Edmund never knew his mother, but he knows his father – Edward Plantagenet, now
King Edward IV of England. In recognition of his son, Edward assigns Edmund to
serve as a page to his brother, Richard of Gloucester, who is also to oversee
his education.
Even though only nine years old at the start
of the book, we watch as Edmund grows to be a man – we see his first loves, his
loyalty to his family, his growing importance and his new-found determination
to establish the truth behind the rumours about his mother and, slowly, he
learns from people who knew her, and is presented with one of her prized
possessions.
The beauty of this tale is its ability to
detach itself from the main events of the
turbulent times following Edward's death in order to pursue the changes in
Edmund's life, whilst not losing the momentum as events accelerate threatening
Richard III, the country and, as he soon realises, his own safety. For he is a
Plantagenet and, following a failed assassination attempt, he is high on Henry
Tudor's list of those who must be eliminated.
Ms Rose does not offer us her version of the
fate of the Princes in the Tower, merely a hint or two, and she skillfully
presents Richard's reasoning behind his decisions.
I enjoyed this book immensely.
© Richard Tearle
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I missed quite a few of these reviews so I'm jist catching ip now. This looks like a good read.
ReplyDeleteWhat I'm doing with books I take a fancy to is having the sample chapter downloaded on my Kindle which means even though it may take me a while to get to them, I'll come across them eventually. So many books to read, so little time :-)
Thanks Loretta!
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