Lady D Reads

The sequel to the secret diary of Anne Boleyn Elizabeth gives birth to a son whom she conceived with Robert Dudley.The child is raised by another family while his mother believed he was a stillborn child. Only his adopted father knows of his real parents it is only when his adopted father is dying that he learns the the truth about his birth.

In my mail box today was the first newsletter from Phlippa Gregory I thought I would share it with all of you who also enjoy her books. Hello and welcome to the first newsletter from the Philippa Gregory website.As all good literary newsletters should start - let me introduce my duckling. This is Charlie, so named in case he proves to be a boy or a girl who is the sole survivor from a nest which his mother fecklessly put in a very high window box. I had hoped to scoop up the nestlings the moment they hatched but they were too suicidally quick for me, and only Charlie survived. He has gone through his early ugly stage and is now becoming rather handsome. I have posted pictures on my home page. His mother is a calling duck in soft caramel brown plumage and he is growing adult feathers of toffee and chocolate. He comes out from the greenhouse to spend the day at the pond and then follows me home at night to be locked in safely with three other orphans. I have become quite duck obsessed wi...