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The Last Tudor
- Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, Book 13
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
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The Lady of the Rivers
- Written by: Philippa Gregory
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- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
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Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight. As a child visiting her uncle, she met his prisoner, Joan of Arc, and saw her own power reflected in the young woman accused of witchcraft. They share the mystery of the tarot card of the wheel of fortune before Joan is taken to a horrific death. Jacquetta understands the danger for a woman who dares to dream. Jacquetta is married to the Duke of Bedford, English regent of France, and he introduces her to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy.
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Interesting!
- By CassandraG on 2019-04-17
Written by: Philippa Gregory
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The Boleyn Inheritance
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The last Boleyn is Jane, Lady Rochford - widow of the disgraced George Boleyn. Caught in the intrigues of the Tudor court, she maneuvers for personal position as her family, in turn, tries to manipulate her. The king has married again; his bride is the deceptively astute Anne of Cleves. Her wits are tested as she senses a trap closing around her, with the Howards ready to take advantage of her fall.
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Mary is queen of Scotland, but she has been forced to flee her land and take refuge in an England that is ruled by her cousin, Elizabeth. But England, precarious in its Protestant state, set against the mighty powers of Spain, France and Rome, doesn't need a charismatic Catholic figurehead at large. So Elizabeth's chief advisor, Cecil, devises a plan in which Mary will live under guard with his trusted accomplice: Bess of Hardwick.
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The Constant Princess
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As a little girl Katherine of Aragon was betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Henry VII of England, and was raised in the palace of the Alhambra, knowing that she would be queen of England. In 1501, the teenage Spanish princess arrives in her new kingdom, but the future is turned upside down with the death of her handsome young husband - only six months after the wedding. Transformed from beloved bride to superfluous widow, Katherine endures hardship and loneliness as the Tudor court slowly squeezes her out of royal circles.
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- By Hayley on 2018-07-16
Written by: Philippa Gregory
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The Lady Elizabeth
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Best-selling author Alison Weir turns her masterly storytelling skills to the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would grow up to become England's most intriguing and powerful queen. Sweeping in scope, The Lady Elizabeth is a fascinating portrayal of a woman far ahead of her time - whose dangerous and dramatic path to the throne shapes her future greatness.
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In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen. But one woman hears the tidings with utter dread. Amy Dudley, wife of Sir Robert, knows that the peal of bells she hears will summon her husband once more to power, intrigue, and a passionate love affair with the young queen.
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The Lady of the Rivers
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Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight. As a child visiting her uncle, she met his prisoner, Joan of Arc, and saw her own power reflected in the young woman accused of witchcraft. They share the mystery of the tarot card of the wheel of fortune before Joan is taken to a horrific death. Jacquetta understands the danger for a woman who dares to dream. Jacquetta is married to the Duke of Bedford, English regent of France, and he introduces her to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy.
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Interesting!
- By CassandraG on 2019-04-17
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The Boleyn Inheritance
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Mary is queen of Scotland, but she has been forced to flee her land and take refuge in an England that is ruled by her cousin, Elizabeth. But England, precarious in its Protestant state, set against the mighty powers of Spain, France and Rome, doesn't need a charismatic Catholic figurehead at large. So Elizabeth's chief advisor, Cecil, devises a plan in which Mary will live under guard with his trusted accomplice: Bess of Hardwick.
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The Constant Princess
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As a little girl Katherine of Aragon was betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Henry VII of England, and was raised in the palace of the Alhambra, knowing that she would be queen of England. In 1501, the teenage Spanish princess arrives in her new kingdom, but the future is turned upside down with the death of her handsome young husband - only six months after the wedding. Transformed from beloved bride to superfluous widow, Katherine endures hardship and loneliness as the Tudor court slowly squeezes her out of royal circles.
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- By Hayley on 2018-07-16
Written by: Philippa Gregory
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The Lady Elizabeth
- A Novel
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- Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
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Best-selling author Alison Weir turns her masterly storytelling skills to the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would grow up to become England's most intriguing and powerful queen. Sweeping in scope, The Lady Elizabeth is a fascinating portrayal of a woman far ahead of her time - whose dangerous and dramatic path to the throne shapes her future greatness.
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In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen. But one woman hears the tidings with utter dread. Amy Dudley, wife of Sir Robert, knows that the peal of bells she hears will summon her husband once more to power, intrigue, and a passionate love affair with the young queen.
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A princess of Spain, Catalina is only 16 years old when she sets foot on the shores of England. The youngest daughter of the powerful monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, Catalina is a coveted prize for a royal marriage - and Arthur, Prince of Wales and heir to the English throne, has won her hand. But tragedy strikes, and Catalina, now Princess Katherine, is betrothed to the future Henry VIII.
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superb
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Elizabeth of York is the oldest daughter of King Edward IV. Flame-haired, beautiful, and sweet-natured, she is adored by her family; yet her life is suddenly disrupted when her beloved father dies in the prime of life. Her uncle, the notorious Richard III, takes advantage of King Edward’s death to grab the throne and imprison Elizabeth's two younger brothers, the rightful royal heirs. Forever afterward known as the princes in the tower, the boys are never seen again.
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So well written!
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On Midsummer’s Eve, Alinor waits in the church graveyard, hoping to encounter the ghost of her missing husband and thus confirm his death. Until she can, she is neither maiden nor wife nor widow, living in a perilous limbo. Instead she meets James, a young man on the run. She shows him the secret ways across the treacherous marshy landscape of the Tidelands, not knowing she is leading a spy and an enemy into her life. England is in the grip of a bloody civil war that reaches into the most remote parts of the kingdom.
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WORST Philippa Gregory Novel I’ve Read..And I’ve read them ALL
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- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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England, 1422: Owen Tudor, a Welsh servant, waits in Windsor Castle to meet his new mistress, the beautiful and lonely Queen Catherine of Valois, widow of the warrior king, Henry V. Her infant son is crowned king of England and France, and while the country simmers on the brink of civil war, Owen becomes her protector. They fall in love, risking Owen's life and Queen Catherine's reputation, but how do they found the dynasty that changes British history - the Tudors?
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Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
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If you were one of King Henry VIII's six wives, who would you be? Would you be Anne Boleyn, who literally lost her head? Would you be the subject of rumor and scandal like Catherine Howard? Or would you get away and survive like Anna of Cleves? Meet them and Henry's other queens - each bound for divorce or death - in this epic and thrilling novel that reads like fantasy but really happened.
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Overall, a good audiobook
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Innocent Traitor
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- Written by: Alison Weir
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- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
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The child of a scheming father and ruthless mother, Lady Jane Grey is born during a time when ambition dictates action. Cousin to Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I, she is merely a pawn in a political and religious game in which one false step means a certain demise. But Lady Jane has remarkable qualities that help her to withstand the constant pressures of the royal machinery far better than most expect.
Written by: Alison Weir
Publisher's Summary
Jane Grey was queen of England for nine days. Her father and his allies crowned her instead of the dead king's half sister, Mary Tudor, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her throne, and locked Jane in the Tower of London. When Jane refused to betray her Protestant faith, Mary sent her to the executioner's block, where Jane transformed her father's greedy power grab into tragic martyrdom.
"Learn you to die," was the advice Jane wrote to her younger sister Katherine, who has no intention of dying. She intends to enjoy her beauty and her youth and fall in love. But she is heir to the insecure and infertile Queen Mary and then to her half sister, Queen Elizabeth, who will never allow Katherine to marry and produce a Tudor son. When Katherine's pregnancy betrays her secret marriage, she faces imprisonment in the Tower, only yards from her sister's scaffold.
"Farewell, my sister," writes Katherine to the youngest Grey sister, Mary. A beautiful dwarf, disregarded by the court, Mary keeps family secrets, especially her own, while avoiding Elizabeth's suspicious glare. After seeing her sisters defy their queens, Mary is acutely aware of her own danger but determined to command her own life. What will happen when the last Tudor defies the ruthless and unforgiving Queen Elizabeth?
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- Justine J
- 2019-07-24
3 Stars
Definitely not my favorite Philippa Gregory book. I found it to be a little slow and boring. Though, thats not necessarily the authors fault. I believe she wrote a good story considering whar she had to work with.
However, it was interesting to learn about two women who have been neglected by history and whose story is rarely shared.
The writing and naration is excellent!
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- Edie
- 2017-10-14
Narrator ruins story
the narrator has two voices a women's and a men's. that makes it difficult to determine who is talking. There are three sisters in this book and they all sound the same... excessivlely arrogant.pretty much no real story rambles on for hours.
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- Mel
- 2017-08-16
Maybe I'm Easily Impressed...
After reading the lukewarm review of an Audible customer that has studied the Tudors at one of the UK's finest Universities I didn't write a review. I had to wonder why I was so completely entertained by this book! I literally couldn't put it down and went straight through the whole story on 1.5x speed. I think possibly that sometimes my ignorance is a good thing because I enjoyed this novel so much that I downloaded several other books by this author which I have also enjoyed immensely. I decided to write on behalf of the lesser scholars and those entertained as easily as I am.
Rather than picking up on any annoying traits, I thought this book was a wonderfully intimate look at Queen Elizabeth and the Tudor women and their intense devotion to a lifestyle and a position they believed was divinely inspired. It became very understandable to me how important the fight to reign became. Pushed by supporters and the belief that it was their God-given right as well as destiny to sit upon the throne, the pursuit to do so became a life or death struggle that could change in an hour. It reminded me of life in a beehive where there can be only one Queen or splitting and disloyalty destroys the hive. The mercurial cruelty of Queen Elizabeth to her family was wild...the format for the Evil Queen. So much has been written about the Kings that a look at female royalty in history was impressive and enlightening.
I am no student of the Tudors, (I did watch the entire Showtime series The Tudors and have read everything by Hillary Mantel ; ) so I decided I'm either easily impressed or new enough to the writing of Phillippa Gregory that I couldn't compare her books and rank them. In it's genre, this is one of my favorite books.
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- Julia
- 2017-08-11
Rename it 'Three Thick Tudors'!
Disappointed? Yes. I have waited months and months for this book. To say that I am a fan of Philippa Gregory is a total understatement. Not only have I studied the Tudors in depth at one of the UK's finest Universities but I have adored every word that Ms. Gregory has penned. However this book, The Last Tudor, was a travesty I listened to every word hoping that it would get better. It did not.
It is a study of the last three Tudor sisters opening with one of my favorite ladies of history Lady Jane Grey. In this book Jane is a whiney little ignoramus. In fact she seems totally clueless. Her arrogance is a complete surprise as everything that I have read about her emphasizes her humility. I know that this is historical fiction but this is going beyond dramatic license.
After Lady Jane is promptly 'dispatched' by Queen Elizabeth I we move onto her younger sister Katherine who seems to be so darn stupid that she answers most questions with the word 'WHAT?" I lost count at how many times this stupid woman said 'WHAT?".
Lastly we move onto Mary the youngest, and yet another member of the 'I don't have a clue Tudor club'! I was grinding my teeth listening to this character. Most frustrating part was that we learn that her husband dies. This is supposed to be the 'great passion'. So we have listened to their courtship (OH Gosh so painful) and their subsequent suffering through separation due to the ever jealous Queen Elizabeth I. Then he 'dies' as reported by some doctor. How does he die? Personally I think that he read this book and then jumped off a cliff because it was maudlin and so very non Philippa Gregory.
The only redeeming feature was another fine performance by Bianca Amato.
Although I really did not like this book I cannot wait to see what Ms. Gregory comes up with next as I am and will always be a fan.
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- L'abeille_alors
- 2017-09-23
Best Tudor Book Yet by Phillippa Gregory
I enjoyed this one quite a bit. There was no unnecessary gratuitous sex scenes, which I find completely ridiculous for a historical novel. I read these books for the story, not the titillation. As always, it was read beautifully by Bianca Amato. Very well done. I'm sorry it's over!
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- Jane Hewitt
- 2017-08-28
Very Disappointed
What about Bianca Amato’s performance did you like?
I had no problem with her performance.
Any additional comments?
I have read or bought the audible version of all of Ms Gregory's book and was really looking forward to the release of this one. I kept hoping it would get better but it did not.There was no depth to this book. It was repetitive to the point that it got boring. It seemed that perhaps there was not enough substance to carry a novel and their stories would have been better suited to a short story. I really wanted to love this book and often would re listen to a chapter thinking I must have missed something.
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- Elizabeth
- 2017-08-31
Hoping The Last Tudor Is Gregory's Last Tudor Book
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I have read all of Gregory's Tudor and Cousin's War books and, though I recognize her flaws, generally really enjoy her as a author. However, it's becoming increasingly apparent that she needs to move on to a new time period rather than continuing to rehash the Tudor years with more and more secondary characters. Simply put, while the soundbite version of this book is compelling (three sisters with royal blood, all persecuted by the Tudor queens), these character's stories simply aren't interesting enough to sustain a whole novel. The one with the most eventful life (Jane Grey) is given the least page time, and Katherine and Mary's stories are too similar to one another to really hold the reader's attention. Gregory has always been interested in and sympathetic to historical women who clearly married for love (Mary Boleyn, Jacquetta and Elizabeth Woodville), but she's told better versions of that story already and frankly long imprisonments don't make for the most exciting reading. I would say this is one of her weakest books.
Would you ever listen to anything by Philippa Gregory again?
Yes, I will certainly continue to listen to her. I just hope she moves on to a new time period now that she's covered literally every Tudor woman imaginable.
Which scene was your favorite?
No scenes really stick out. The scenes I was most interested in- Jane and Katherine's first wedding, Jane's days as queen- seem to get glided over quickly. Probably the most memorable scene is Katherine's reaction to Jane's final letter to her, as that was clever way of setting the tone for her as a character and seemed to ring true to how a girl of her age would respond.
Do you think The Last Tudor needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Not at all. Stick a fork in the Tudor saga, it's done.
Any additional comments?
One thing I've always liked about Gregory's take on the Tudors is she's one of the only authors I've read that emphasizes the unlikable characteristics of Elizabeth I. That interesting characterization here is one of the strong parts of the book- I particularly like how you can draw clear parallels between how Elizabeth acts and how both Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn were portrayed in her other books. Who knows if it's actually true, but it does make sense within this world she's created.
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- PAUL
- 2017-08-21
The Last Tutor
The story about the Gray sisters was interesting to a point. A lot of the narration detailed Elizabeth I's cruel treatment of Catherine and Mary Gray, which was entirely possible, but historically questionable. While I have thoroughly enjoyed Gregory's other novels this was not my favorite. However, it was not a bad read.
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- Elle
- 2017-08-19
Worst Philippa Gregory book in years.
This reads like a history book drafted in the first person. Even worse, the POV characters apparently inherited the mental dexterity of Katherine Howard in the Boelyn Inheritance (except instead of being obsessed with dresses, Jane Grey is fixated on religious achievement and Catherine Grey on her pets and Edward Seymour). If Ms. Gregory we're going to reprise a past book, I wish it had not been the Boleyn Inheritance, heretofore my least favorite.
If anything, this is even worse than the Boleyn Inheritance because it is impossible to escape the fact that, this time, Ms. Gregory had no greater purpose, it was just lazy writing. While there is at least some historical support for the use of a simple minded patter to depict Katherine Howard's thought process, there is no support whatsoever for the idea that Catherine Grey was so simple minded, and Jane Grey, of course, was viewed as a scholar, so as to her the simplistic thinking style is a particularly inexcusable disservice. I gave up on the book halfway through, when there was no attempt at all to provide an interesting explanation for what happened to Catherine's proof of marriage.
I honestly can't believe the same woman who wrote the Other Boleyn Girl and some of her other classics wrote this. Do not recommend.
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-04-19
The Petty Queen
Love Philippa Gregory novels and this one is no different. Although I have to say it made me angry unlike the ones before. I know a certain licence was taken for its creation but I will never view the first Elizabeth the same way again. It shows a mean, vindictive, and jealous side that isn't that hard to believe considering the Tudor linage and history.
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- tomburkefeelwrite
- 2018-10-13
never ending heir search
flat one dimensional impossible to differentiate multitude of characters. so happy there are no more tudors.
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- Lexi50
- 2017-12-03
She did it
I have been reading these Phillips Gregory books for a long time. And she wore me out. The book is unnecessarily long. Every conversation devolves into pages if needless minutia. Like we KNOW in real life there would be more than 2 or 3 sentences but REALLY. We don’t need to wallow in them. Move the story forward please. Anyway. By the time they got to the dwarfs life story, I totally didn’t care and ended that torturous experience.
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