Whom You Know: READ THIS: Secrets of the Tudor Court BY ROYAL DECREE By Kate Emerson

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

READ THIS: Secrets of the Tudor Court BY ROYAL DECREE By Kate Emerson

How we love tales of the Tudors at Whom You Know! As you know, we are dedicated to the proper use of the English language and of course we have ENGLAND to thank for that! How we love to visit London and go to the National Portrait Gallery and in this fabulous historical novel, we see some characters featured on their hallowed walls.

This book is much more than just a fabulous dress on the cover, but it is that too. Who designed it? We want it, pretty please. We love the maps, the family trees and the biographies contained before and after the text of the story. And this publicist is totally on it! She must know Peachy Deegan's birthday, an international holiday at Whom You Know- as the book begins with the line: "On the twenty-ninth day of January..."!

Bess, the protagonist, learns of the trials of being pretty and makes her way though the ups and downs of court-surely if there was a New York Post and a page 6 for the Tudor Court she would have made it many times. And definitely the two fools of the court would have made an appearance...One of our favorite moments in the book was when she interacted with an age 11 Queen Elizabeth, who was then a princess. Elizabeth told Bess: "It is best not to love anyone...The people you love always leave you." Bess reflects: "Was it better not to love anyone for fear of losing them? No doubt it was, but love was not something anyone could control." (p. 116).

Whom You Know recommends Secrets of the Tudor Court.

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Readers will delight in Kate Emerson’s December adventure, also the third in her Secrets of the Tudor Court series, BY ROYAL DECREE (Gallery Books; December 14^th, 2010; $16.00).

Charming. Desirable. Forbidden. Brought to court with other eligible young noblewomen by the decree of King Henry VIII, lovely Elizabeth “Bess” Brooke realizes for the first time that beauty can be hazardous. Although Bess has no desire to wed the aging king, she and her family would have little choice if Henry’s eye were to fall on her. And other dangers exist as well, for Bess has caught the interest of dashing courtier Will Parr. Bess finds Will’s kisses as sweet as honey, but marriage between them may be impossible. Will is a divorced man, and remarriage is still prohibited. Bess and Will must hope that the king can be persuaded to issue a royal decree allowing Will to marry again…but to achieve their goal, the lovers will need royal favor. Amid the swirling alliances of royalty and nobles, Bess and Will perform a dangerous dance of palace intrigue and pulse-pounding passions.

Brought to glowing life by the talented Kate Emerson, and seen through the eyes of a beautiful young noblewoman, BY ROYAL DECREE illuminates the lives of beautiful young courtiers in and out of the rich and compelling drama of the Tudor court.

Following the highly regarded The Pleasure Palace and Between Two Queens, Emerson will intrigue and fascinate readers again with SECRETS OF THE TUDOR COURT: BY ROYAL DECREE, keeping them continually turning pages as they follow Bess and Will, and the hope for their future.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Kate Emerson has an A.B. from Bates College and an M.A. from Old Dominion University, and lives in Wilton, Maine. An expert in all things Tudor, Emerson is the author of The Pleasure Palace and Between Two Queens, the first and second novels in the Secrets of the Tudor Court series.

SECRETS OF THE TUDOR COURT: BY ROYAL DECREE By Kate Emerson

Gallery Books; December 14^th, 2010; 978-1-4391-7781-5; $16.00

Featuring a Gallery Readers Club Guide, and Author Q&A!

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