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Originally Posted by frau kaleun
Lol Neal if you are going to try to keep track of who was who in the noble/royal families and what they were doing and why during that period of English history, you need a LOT of cheat sheets. Used to be a bit of an obsession of mine and I had multiple family trees drawn up and tucked into all my books, it was the only way to stay sane.
At some point they should have passed a law about not using the same damn name more than once during, say, a three-generation period in any one family.
Aaaaaand every time someone says "Plantagenet" I want to watch The Lion in Winter again, as if anyone needs an excuse to do that.  |
Yeah, it's staggering the number of times the names Edward and Henry get used over and over.
I just started the Red Queen, seems to be the 2nd book in Philippa Gregory's series. The first I just finished, The Lady of the Rivers, sets up the story, and I can tell now, by starting the Red Queen, a lot more about the TV series The White Queen, as in who's who, etc. Seems the TV series skips all the stuff from the first two books and jumps right in, no explanations. Well, now I know who the wretchedly amitious and pious woman in the TV series is, she's Margaret Beaufort, and she's the protagonist in the Red Queen (book 2) ((did I mention there are several Margarets to keep track of, also?)). So, ah ha, I see, and now it's making more sense. Plus the books do an outstanding job of casually filling in the family histories.
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Originally Posted by Jimbuna
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Thanks, Jim, that seems to have a
list of characters and their profiles, that will help.
I also need to read up on the Tower of London, I thought that was a prison, but it seems sometimes it also serves as a sanctuary/castle/keep?
One thing is for sure, the English are magnificent, their civilization, even in these early days of confusion and treachery, clearly sets the stage for modern civilization. God save the King! Whoever that happens to be at the moment.