A FAVOURITE AUTHOR - PHILIPPA GREGORY

 

I'm a lover of books.

 

I like nothing better than to settle back and lose myself in a good book

 

but these days that rarely means sitting down in the daytime for a read.

 

These days  most of my reading is done

before the light goes out,

in bed,

 at night.

 

Sometimes that means I have a very late night if the book is good

and even when I catch myself nodding off I shake myself awake and think " just one more chapter "

 

( No wonder I like books that have short chapters !!)

 

It can also mean that a bit of re-reading takes place the next night !!

 

In the last year or so I have slowly been introduced to the historical fiction of Philippa Gregory and I have become quite a fan.

The first one I read was The Constant Princess and I loved it.

 

I know they are works of fiction but the historical background is wonderful and it has taught me a lot about that period of history when Henry VIII ruled England.

 

Not long after reading it we visited Ludlow Castle

 

 

 

 

 

 and while visiting the nearby church looked down where Tony was standing to find it was on top of where Prince Arthur's heart is buried!

 

 

 

  Since then I have read The Other Boleyn Girl ( and seen the film !!)

 

Next I started on the series about the Wars of the Roses. ( or the Cousins' Wars as she calls them ).

 

I've read

 

 The White Queen

and 

 

The Lady of the Rivers

 

and I'm just about to begin

 

The Red Queen.

 

Not only have these books given me hours of reading pleasure but they have helped me sort out a turbulent, confusing time in English history.

 

 

PS.

Today is
Australia Day

I've written about it before here

so I'll just sign off by saying

Happy Australia Day

If you're an Aussie anywhere in the world

I hope you're celebrating by having
a BBQ,

a picnic on the beach 

or roast lamb

 

with friends and family

 

followed by a lamington or two.