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Book Beginnings

February 10, 2012 by pictureperfectcooking

Please join me and other bookish bloggers over at A Few More Pages for today’s edition of Book Beginnings.  I hope you will find your new favorite book among our choices.

Today I am bringing you the first line(s) of Phillipa Gregory’s new book “The Lady of The Rivers”.  I have read almost all of Ms. Gregory’s books and have enjoyed them very much.  She mainly writes about the English monarchy around the time of the War of the Roses and Henry VIII.  I am a sucker for that time period and love to read about it. 

“She sits, this odd trophy of war, as neat as an obedient child, on a small stool in the corner of her cell.”

The surprise here is who they are talking about…Joan of Arc!  Now this is fiction so I am sure the author takes license to spin her story, but it is a good one!  If you like historical fiction, give this book a try. 

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Posted in Books | Tagged Book Beginnings, Books, Historical Fiction, Phillipa Gregory | 5 Comments

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  1. on February 10, 2012 at 1:04 pm yvonne

    Hi Tammi,

    I didn’t realise that Philippa Gregory had a new book out. Usually the ladies I work with are busy discussing her new stories just as soon as they are available to buy, so I always get to hear all about them, no-one has mentioned this one so far.

    The synopsis is up to the usual Gregory standards and I just love that first line, so simple, yet the image it conveys is vivid and real.

    Another one for my reading list and a well spent few minutes browsing, thanks.

    Have a great weekend,

    Yvonne


  2. on February 10, 2012 at 1:07 pm laurelrainsnow

    Okay…now I really must read something by this author! Thanks for sharing.

    Here’s MY FRIDAY MEMES POST –


  3. on February 10, 2012 at 3:07 pm Eva @View from the Hillside

    Excellent beginning, and certainly a different take on Joan of Arc 🙂


  4. on February 11, 2012 at 2:13 pm Rose City Reader

    Oh, that is a great beginning! Sounds like it is going to be a very good book. Enjoy!


  5. on February 12, 2012 at 8:19 am Linda P

    I have enjoyed Philippa Gregory’s novels in the past, but have not read this one about Joan of Arc – an interesting woman and period.



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