[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars I loved the idea behind this book and found the experiences and events absolutely fascinating - it was somewhat like following the plot of a soap opera. Who needs fiction? Everyone in the book had their own drama from Lady Arbella Stuart to Robert Carey. I particularly enjoyed the elements of social history woven through the political accounts and the lives of the better known early Stuarts. It was a through provoking journey through the year.
NetGalley, Julia Hickey

Using an enormous range of primary sources, this exhaustively researched study... casts fresh light on the origins of psychiatric medicine and draws some thought-provoking conclusions about the understanding of mental illness, then and now.
Joceline Bury, Jane Austen's Regency World

This narrative depicts Bonnie Prince Charlie through the eyes of his followers during the ill-fated 1745 Jacobite uprising. It traces his journey through pivotal battles, revealing a capable yet flawed leader stretched beyond his abilities. Spotlighting his relationships and conflicts, the book offers a humanizing portrait of the young prince at the center of this seminal moment in British history. Researchers and military history buffs will love this meticulously researched and detailed book. It focuses on facts more than storytelling.
NetGalley, Andrea Romance

[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars This was absolutely fascinating! With obvious passion, author Wendy J. Dunn makes a strong case for the possibility that Catherine Carey was Henry VIII’s daughter. Catherine is Anne Boleyn’s niece, the eldest daughter of Mary Boleyn (Henry VIII’s mistress) born during her first marriage to William Carey. This supposition would also hold that Catherine was Elizabeth I’s half-sister, bringing her into the spotlight as a Tudor woman who definitely contributed to the success of her half-sister’s reign. So little is known about Catherine, but Dunn’s conjecture is worthy of belief. The royal watcher within was hooked by the statement that Queen Elizabeth II “bore the blood not of the first Elizabeth, but of Mary Boleyn, via her daughter, Catherine". I immediately went to do a surface-level search online and came across the fact that both of Princess Diana’s sons, William and Harry, are descended from Mary Boleyn not only through Prince Charles.. Read more
NetGalley, Norma Fourchalk

[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars This delves deeper into the stories we are told in history classes and goes further than we often see in documentaries about the time. Such a treat for anyone interested in the Stuart and Georgian periods. Written in such a way as to appeal to seasoned history buffs and those who just like a good story, this book will reach many readers.
NetGalley, Louise Gray