Lady D Reads

Faith Bronson gets the shock of her life when she discovers her husband is hiding a secret affair. Her whole world is falling apart when she visits a former childhood home with her mother.where her older sister was kidnapped. The home is a row home on Prospect street that several generations of family had lived in.The home needed restoring and held many secrets for Faith to unravel. Could she solve the mystery of her sister's kidnapping in the process? This was another wonderful book by Emilie Richards lots of mystery and family drama. After reading two good books of hers I will defiantly be on the look out for more.

A Dream of Queens and Castles is a sweet story of a young lady who wants to meet Princess Diana when her mother moves them to England while she takes up a job there. Twelve year old Diana Baldwin believes that the Princess will understand her feelings of loneliness. After all the Princess had to leave her friends when she got married to the Prince. Diana Baldwin meets a elderly man who also has business with the Princess he wants the Princess to give him the Victoria's cross for his service in the war. Diana is not sure about her new friend but at least he knows his way around London and can help her get to Princess Diana. They decide they will take their journey together, Starting with reading the Court Circulars to find out where the Princess is and then they make their way to her. Diana finally gets to meet the Princess but only for a few seconds before she is taken away by policemen. My Thoughts:This was a delightful story my only regret is that the Princess didn't have mor...

Philippa Gregory: 'SJP's my biggest fan'Monday, June 30, 2008 Author Philippa Gregory, 54, wrote historical blockbuster The Other Boleyn Girl – about Mary and Anne Boleyn vying for Henry VIII's attention – adapted into a film starring Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. She has written several sequels including forthcoming The Other Queen, about Mary Queen of Scots. The Other Boleyn Girl is out now on DVD. Natalie Portman has called the film ‘a catfight movie’. Is that a fair description ?Yes, it takes place in a clearly historical setting which makes it more than a straight catfight but it’s about two beautiful women competing for one powerful, handsome man. The novel made more of the historical context and supporting characters but you can’t do that in a movie. I had 500 pages rather than an hour-and-a-half. What are the challenges of writing popular historical fiction? You take material which is strange to the reader but have to make them feel comfortable with it...

Since I have donated 20 books to my local Library I needed to fill the spaces I cleared out. I ordered some from Paperbackswap and treated my self to a rare historical novel. As soon as I finish Prospect Ave I will be reading some of these treasures. Kathryn In the Court of Six Queens Anne Merton Abbey I have heard so much about this book that I actually started looking for it a year ago and then forgot about it. After hearing how hard it was to find I set off on my own search i found it for $24.00 Kind of expensive for a paperback but I love the cover art so the price doesn't bother me too much. Summary of the book:Her name was Kathryn Chase, sensuous and powerful lady-in-waiting during the scandalous reign of Henry Tudor. She was the friend of Catherine of Aragon, confidante of Anne Boleyn, and lover of John de Gael, sworn enemy of the English crown. As proud King Henry defied the Church to take six very different women as his brides, Kathryn was there to shar...

A friend of mine told me about this book when she located it at a boot sale in Cornwall England. She caught a glimpse of the eyes staring back at her. They were the the most famous eyes in the world they belong to Diana , Princess of Wales. The title came from Prince Charles's phrase in their engagement interview. I thought I would give this book a try and hoped that it would be interesting to read. Well if you ever heard of that phrase you can't judge a book by its cover this is one of those cases. The entire book was about a affair between a man named Vic and his best friend's wife. Their first encounter happened on August 31,1997. I read about 50 pages of it and had to quit I was really annoyed with the whole story line. Needless to say I was really disappointed in this book and and wished I never even purchased it. Sad thing is I really love the cover.

Georgiana Spencer was, in a sense, an 18th-century It Girl. She came from one of England's richest and most landed families (the late Princess Diana was a Spencer too) and married into another. She was beautiful, sensitive, and extravagant--drugs, drink, high-profile love affairs, and even gambling counted among her favorite leisure-time activities. Nonetheless, she quickly moved from a world dominated by social parties to one focused on political parties. The duchess was an intimate of ministers and princes, and she canvassed assiduously for the Whig cause, most famously in the Westminster election of 1784. By turns she was caricatured and fawned on by the press, and she provided the inspiration for the character of Lady Teazle in Richard Sheridan's famous play The School for Scandal. But her weaknesses marked the last part of her life. By 1784, for one, Georgiana owed "many, many, many thousands," and her creditors dogged her until her death. My thoughts: I really e...

Helen is a strong willed woman who doesnt like any one to tell her what to do. but when her home has turned in to shrine for clutter and junk her daughter and granddaughter step in to help. In the process Helen tells stories of her childhood and Nancy Her daughter learns about her family history and tries to patch up her marriage. Tessa finds a family heirloom quilt in shreds and together they work on the quilt to fix it while helping each other find thier way back to the ones they love. This is a wonderful book and the start of a series called the Shenandoah Album . This is one book that would make a wonderful Hallmark movie. If you love stories about quilting and families this is a greeat one to read.