a. beautiful novel of Anne of Cleaves. Anne of Cleaves isaMargaret Campbell Barnes evokes beautifully the life of Ann of Cleaves. The novel begins just before Ann leaves her native Germany and ends with the death of Henry viii. Ann is portrayed as a genuinely nice person, not as sexy as Anne Bole...
This book is awful. I didn't realize when I first picked it up that it's so dated, and maybe that's where some of the awfulness comes from, but still. Awful. You can write a history textbook, or you can write a novel, but when you try to write both it all just muddles together and neither aspect ...
A little slow at first, I eventually got wrapped up in the story of Henry VIII's mother, Elizabeth. I loved the way the book characterized her uncle, Richard, and the mystery of her two brothers who were murdered at his orders in the Tower of London .... or were they? The mystery continues. I...
The Passionate Brood by Margaret Campbell Barnes (Rated: C)ISBN 978-1-4022-4205-2Sourcebooks LandmarkPublished 2010Trade Paperback, 345 pagesReviewed by SandraThis is a historical fiction first published in 1944 and rereleased in 2010 that tells the story of the real 12th-century Plantagenet fami...