I doubt that Henry Tudor had anywhere near the number of mistresses history assigns to him, but those women whose names crop up in connection with him do have one other thing in common-many of them were intriguing people in their own right. The premise behind the “Secrets of the Tudor Court” series I write for Pocket/Gallery Books is that some of the lesser-known women at court, particularly those whose names were linked in a romantic way with the king, were at least as interesting as any of Henry’s six queens. But there was a great deal more to her than that, and her story has fascinated me for a long time. The heroine of BY ROYAL DECREE is Elizabeth (Bess) Brooke, the daughter of a baron who had the misfortune to fall in love with a married man at the court of King Henry VIII. I really enjoy her books – most recently, By Royal Decree – and I posted my review yesterday. I’m really excited to welcome Kate Emerson to my blog today.
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