I am reading The Queen's Fool by Phillipa Gregory. It is one of those historical fictions that follows the succession of Mary and Elizabeth (Henry VIII's daughters from Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn) after the death of their younger brother Edward. The story is told through the eyes of a young girl, a Holy Fool, who has visions and is brought to the court at 13 by Lord Robert Dudley. I quite like it. I am not usually into the whole historical fiction because I never know what is true and what is fiction, but I have surfed a few sites online to check certain facts and it is compelling and interesting. I picked the book up in Safeway in the book bin for cheap after seeing The Other Boleyn Girl. Not a bad investment.
Oh yeah, I finished Big Man Coming Down the Road. Very good. It's a Canadian work, too. Didn't realize that at first.
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