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by Maureen Peters

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Maureen Peters

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978-0709143697

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0709143699

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English

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Robert Hale Ltd (March 6, 1975)

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She inadvertently becomes In The Queenmaker, Maureen Peters writes the historical romance of Bess Hardwick following her rise from her home in the country to one of the richest women in England. Advancing by each of her four marriages and finding herself a part of the politics of England, she accumulates her wealth along the way.

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Maureen Peters (3 March 1935 - 8 April 2008) was a historical novelist, under her own name and noms de plume such as Veronica Black, Catherine Darby, Belinda Gray, Levanah Lloyd, Judith Rothman, Elizabeth Law, Sharon Whitby. She was born in Caernarvon, North Wales. She was educated at grammar school and attended the University College of North Wales, Bangor, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree and a diploma of Education.

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Maureen Peters was born in Caernarvon, North Wales. She was educated at grammar school and attended the University College of North Wales, Bangor, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree and a diploma of Education

Maureen Peters was born in Caernarvon, North Wales. She taught disabled children before taking up writing under her own name and many pseudonyms. Peters has produced many books and contributed short stories to many magazines and her writing normally focuses on royalty, the War of the Roses and the Tudor period.

Helldor

I adore any Tudor era fiction. I have read about Bess in books focusing on the queen of Scots. But this book was choppy. Jumped ahead way too often leaving gaps. I was disappointed.

Thohelm

In The Queenmaker, Maureen Peters writes the historical romance of Bess Hardwick following her rise from her home in the country to one of the richest women in England. Advancing by each of her four marriages and finding herself a part of the politics of England, she accumulates her wealth along the way. She becomes close friends with Elizabeth Tudor and Mary Stuart spending time in the court of Elizabeth I and at times guarding Mary Queen of Scots within her home. She inadvertently becomes caught up in suspicions of treason and spends some time in the Tower of London. All the while, she continues to increase her wealth by being a shrewd businesswoman and rebuilding her estates. That is until she has dreams of her granddaughter, Arbella, becoming heir to the thrown.

This is a rather short book of about 200 pages or so and as a result it is choppy as it skips through the long life of Bess Hardwick. Historically well researched, it is interesting that she was such a smart, strong woman during the 16th century Elizabethan Society. She lived well into her 80’s and outlived both Mary Stuart and Elizabeth Tudor.

In the ends she remembers a lesson from long ago
“It was a mistake to love people…Better to love bricks and stone and mortar for the could not betray nor display ingratitude”

I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and Endeavor press in return for a fair and honest review.

Shazel

I am fascinated by all things Tudor and jumped at the chance to read this book. Well written and meticulously researched, it shines a light on the formidable Bess Hardwick. I had read about Bess before, but she was always a secondary character. It was interesting to learn more about her life before she became entangled in the politics of the English court.

While the history appeared to be spot on, the chapters jumped from time to time and this made it a bit difficult to follow. The time jumps are completely understandable because Bess lived such a long life, however, I wish certain periods could have been further explored. The book was quite short and could have easily been expanded upon to provide more details for these periods.

Sarin

The Queenmaker is a fast moving and well told tale of Bess of Hardwick. Peters deftly mixes the romance, trials, and political intrigue that was Bess’s life into a neat story of less than 200 pages. Such ambition caused some unevenness and rather jolting transitions between chapters. Although not the best book I’ve read on Bess, I enjoyed reading The Queenmaker.

Porgisk

Again this is a very fast read, it skims the life of Bess of Hardwick but it was enjoyable. I did not know much about this woman so seeing the span of her life and the trials in it were nice. Maureen Peter's books are written nicely and are great for introductions into a piece of history.

Arcanefist

I liked that it was fast paced and gave nice details of the clothes worn as well as the house furniture

Zonama

I am a massive fan of historical fiction, with a passion for the Tudors and their period in history. I count myself fairly lucky in that I have been able to visit a fair few of the sites mentioned and described in the book and the descriptive nature used really does bring the scenes to life. I know the story of Bess of Hardwick very well and this book really does do it justice in my view - she was a fascinating woman and one I think anyone interested in the Tudors, or British history should know more about. A very enjoyable read