Mailbox Monday


Another Monday, Another Mailbox!! This is a feature where we all share with each other the yummy books that showed up at our doors! WARNING: Mailbox Mondays can lead to extreme envy and GINORMOUS wishlists!!

Mailbox Monday is hosted by Marcia at The Printed Page, but for the month of November MM is on tour and hosted by Julie @ Knitting and Sundries.

Good morning sunshines!  I hope you all had a great weekend...it was a long one for me and I got a lot of reading done, which is a good thing because I received two more books for review and then picked up another one because of a 50% Borders coupon (you know I couldn't pass that up!).

The Lady's Slipper
by Deborah Swift

Publication Date:  November 23, 2010

SYNOPSIS:  1660. King Charles II has returned from exile, but memories of the English Civil War still rankle. There are old scores to settle, and religious differences threaten to overturn a fragile peace. When Alice Ibbetson discovers a rare orchid, the Lady’s Slipper, growing in a wood belonging to Richard Wheeler, she is captivated by its beauty— though Wheeler, a Quaker, is determined to keep the flower where God intended it to grow. Knowing that the orchid is the last of its kind, she steals the flower, little dreaming that her seemingly simple act will set off a chain of events that will lead to murder and exile, and change her life forever…


by Diane Haeger

Release Date:  March 1, 2011

SYNOPSIS:  From the author of The Queen's Mistake comes the untold story of King Henry VIII's first well-known mistress.

As the beautiful daughter of courtiers, Elizabeth "Bessie" Blount is overjoyed when she secures a position as maid of honor to Katherine of Aragon. But when she captures the attention of the king himself, there are whispers that the queen ought to be worried for her throne.

When Bess gives birth to a healthy son the whispers become a roar. But soon the infamous Boleyn girls come to court and Henry's love for her begins to fade. Now, Bess must turn to her trusted friend, the illegitimate son of Cardinal Wolsey, to help her move beyond life as the queen's rival... 



The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
by G.J. Meyer

Publication Date:  February 23, 2010

SYNOPSIS: For the first time in decades, here, in a single volume, is a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. Acclaimed historian G. J. Meyer reveals the flesh-and-bone reality in all its wild excess.

In 1485, young Henry Tudor, whose claim to the throne was so weak as to be almost laughable, crossed the English Channel from France at the head of a ragtag little army and took the crown from the family that had ruled England for almost four hundred years. Half a century later his son, Henry VIII, desperate to rid himself of his first wife in order to marry a second, launched a reign of terror aimed at taking powers no previous monarch had even dreamed of possessing. In the process he plunged his kingdom into generations of division and disorder, creating a legacy of blood and betrayal that would blight the lives of his children and the destiny of his country.

The boy king Edward VI, a fervent believer in reforming the English church, died before bringing to fruition his dream of a second English Reformation. Mary I, the disgraced daughter of Catherine of Aragon, tried and failed to reestablish the Catholic Church and produce an heir. And finally came Elizabeth I, who devoted her life to creating an image of herself as Gloriana the Virgin Queen but, behind that mask, sacrificed all chance of personal happiness in order to survive. 
 
The Tudors weaves together all the sinners and saints, the tragedies and triumphs, the high dreams and dark crimes, that reveal the Tudor era to be, in its enthralling, notorious truth, as momentous and as fascinating as the fictions audiences have come to love. 

Well, that's my mailbox...how about yours?


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8 comments:

  1. I'm so jealous, I really want to read The Lady's Slipper! Ever since my mom and I found them growing in a hidden spot deep within the woods behind our house when I was little, they've been special to me! And Haeger's book sounds like a different take on the Tudor time. I usually pass up Tudor-related books, but I think I'd actually like to read that one! Enjoy your goodies!

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  2. Wow, these have such gorgeous covers! I hope you enjoy your new reads and have a wonderful week.

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  3. These both look really good! Enjoy!

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  4. Nice books you got there! Enjoy reading them.

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  5. More gorgeous covers -- I love the shade of blue seen in both dresses!

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  6. As usual you get the most gorgeous books with the most gorgeous covers as well!!!!

    Please visit my own Mailbox. Would appreciate it very much.

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  7. These sound great, esp. The Lady's Slipper. I hope you enjoy these!

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  8. Ooh great books and great covers!

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