Continuing my Tudor England kick, I just finished the Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory. This story is about a young Jewish woman, Hannah Verde, who gets pulled in the court of Edward, Henry VIII's son, by Lord Robert Dudley and his father. The Dudleys are intrigued by Hannah because she has the Sight- an ability to see future events.
Hannah's position becomes precarious as loyalties in the court shift and sway between Edward, Lady Jane Grey, Mary and Elizabeth as well as between Catholicism and Protestantism. Hannah must navigate all this while negotiating the demands of her Jewish heritage and her betrothed.
The Queen's Fool shows another side to the English court - that of an insider who has no stake in how the conspiracies spin.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
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