The King's Damsel (2 page)
Authors: Kate Emerson
“Emerson knows her stuff.”
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Historical Novels Review
“A wonderfully absorbing novel that is full of enough historical detail to satisfy even the most hard-core Tudor fan. Emerson beautifully depicts the difficulty of living in a treacherous period in which one had to do what the king’s pleasure demanded, in spite of the risk of losing one’s head.”
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Library Journal
“I continue to be awestruck by each and every book.”
—Historically Obsessed
By Royal Decree
“Another captivating novel. . . . Emerson skillfully manages to keep Elizabeth’s life as the central point and never loses track of her faith in love and happy endings.”
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RT Book Reviews
(4 stars)
“Appealing . . . a refreshingly willful, sexually liberated heroine.”
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Publishers Weekly
“Presenting the tempestuous and often scandalous court through the eyes of Bess Brooke . . . the author paints a confident, realistic picture of the king. . . . A valuable addition to the current popular interest in all things Tudor.”
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Historical Novels Review
“Another beautifully written Tudor secret love . . . everything I could have hoped it to be and more.”
—Historically Obsessed
Between Two Queens
“Emerson skillfully crafts a strong heroine who maintains careful command of her sexuality and independence. Nan’s behavior is as brave as it is scandalous for the time, and Emerson makes readers appreciate the consequences of Nan’s choices.”
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Publishers Weekly
“Emerson’s sharp eye for court nuances, intrigues, and passions thrusts readers straight into Nan’s life, and the swift pace will sweep you along.”
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RT Book Reviews
“Filled with intrigue, mystery, and romance. . . . A quick, fun read that was perfect for a rainy weekend, it provides Tudor fans with yet another viewpoint of the fascinating lives of those closest to Henry VIII.”
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Historical Novels Review
The Pleasure Palace
“A riveting historical novel of the perils of the Tudor court, vividly fictionalizing historical characters and breathing new life into their personalities and predicaments.”
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Booklist
“Jane Popyncourt is not the idealistically virginal heroine but a skillful player in the intrigues of the Tudor court. . . It is this heroine that separates the book from the pack.”
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Publishers Weekly
“Emerson’s lively ‘fictional memoir’ . . . includes many vivid des criptions of the clothing, comportment, and extravagant entertainments . . . and adds to these lighter moments a subtle undercurrent of mystery and political intrigue.”
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Historical Novels Review
“Beautifully researched. . . . History, love, lust, power, ambitions—a pleasure indeed.”
—Karen Harper, author of
The Irish Princess
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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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This book is dedicated to the memory of the historical novelists who gave me my first taste of history in fictionalized form—Margaret Campbell Barnes, Thomas B. Costain, Anya Seton, Jan Westcott, and Frank Yerby—and to Dorothy Dunnett, for creating Lymond.