The King's Rose by Alisa Libby
Yesterday I announced the winner of our November book giveaway competition at On the Tudor Trail, congratulations again Kelly! And today I am very happy to post the details of our December book giveaway competition. This time the lucky winner will receive a copy of Alisa Libby’s The King’s Rose, the story of Catherine Howard’s rise and fall told in Catherine’s own words. I was engaged from the opening line and did not want to put the book down. Believable, entertaining and intriguing- highly recommended!
Read my interview with Alisa here.
Entry is only open to our mailing list subscribers (if you are not one already, sign up on our homepage) and residents of all countries! Yes- that’s right, I am happy to post the book to the lucky winner anywhere in the world!
To enter simply leave me a comment telling me why you’d like to win this book and leave me a suggestions for a future article or post that you’d like to see at On the Tudor Trail. That way you get the chance to win this fabulous book and I get to find out about what aspects of the Tudor period you would like to learn about. Remember to leave your name and a contact email.
Feel free to email all your friends and family about this competition whether they live in Brazil, Ireland or Sweden- all welcomed!
Our book giveaway competition is opened until 10pm on the 31st December, 2010 (Australian Eastern Standard Time) and the winner will be announced on the 1st January 2011!
Good luck and Merry Christmas!
Hello! I’m from Argentina and I would like to win this book because I love everything about the wives of Henry VIII since I was younger! and in my country I can’t find these books.
My suggestion for a future article: Something about Jean Plaidy.
Thank you! and sorry for my English. (k_ana_bolena@hotmail.com)
Hello Veronica! Bienvenido! I live in Sydney, Australia but my family is from Uruguay so we are like neighbours 🙂 Thank you for entering the competition and good luck! Oh, and your English is great 🙂
Hi Natalie! Love your Blog. So much time and effort put in to it, and as a major Tudor enthusiast myself I would like to say your research is exemplary. You are to be congratulated.
As mentioned above, I have been a Tudor obsessed fanatic since my teens and can never get enough of reading about the life and the times of Henry and his six wives. This is why I would love to win this book. I believe Katherine Howard is not as widely covered as her predecessors and it’s great to see a novel from her perspective making it to the shelves.
Can I suggest covering the English/Canadian television series The Tudors as a future article? Although Jonathan Rhys Meyers may not resemble Henry, I believe he captures the great man’s personality exceptionally. The series also rings quite true to the events that took place in these magnificent times.
Keep the great articles coming!
Thank you Kerryn for your lovely feedback! Hearing from enthusiasts like yourself really motivates me to keep researching and keep writing! Make sure that you’ve signed up to our newsletter and joined our Facebook page as I regularly update both. Good luck and I look forward to hearing from you again 🙂
I’ve always loved the Tudor line…it’s so bloody amazing and creepy and…just…wow. Anne Boleyn haunts me, along with Jane Seymour, after reading so much about King Henry VIII.
Future plot/article suggestion? Oh God, no idea lol
Welcome Lily and good luck!
Thanks for the giveaway! This has been on my wishlist for long time and I’d love to read it.
umm, suggestions? About Anne’s relatioship with Duke of Norfolk. If there hasn’t been one yet..
crimson_haze(at)hotmail(dot)com
Thanks Elysium, great suggestion! Good luck!
Hello
I have just discovered your great website and signed up straight away!!
I would like to win this book because Catherine Howard is the only wife of Henry VIII that I haven’t had much time for. To me she seemed a young, vain and silly teenager, who got caught out committing adultery, when she should have known better, seens as what happened to her cousin Anne Boleyn. I have read plenty of other books on Henry’s other Queens, but Catherine Howard has never really caught my attention before. I figured it was time to give her a chance and to read a book written from her perspective would be a great start. It would enable me to get an idea of her story, rather than hearing it from other people’s perspective.
My suggestion for a future article would be something on Tudor Hygiene, there doesn’t seem to be very much I can find on this subject on the internet.
Hello Claire and welcome to On the Tudor Trail! It’s lovely to have you with us. I find Catherine’s story particularly sad, she was so young and completely out of her depth. Thank you for your suggestions, I think your idea is fabulous! Don’t forget to join our Facebook page as I update it regularly. Good luck!
I absolutely adore anything Kathryn Howard! She’s my second favourite Queen after Anne Boleyn and I feel she has been badly mistreated in history, with many biased and unfair views on her life and events leading upto her execution. Perhaps she really did cheat on her King, and perhaps she was as innocent as her cousin had been….. Either way she remains a source of fascination for many. I’ve often seen this book around and everytime I’ve wanted to pick it up and buy it!
Becky, (luckypuppy3@btinternet(dot)com)
As for articles, I would love to see anything on Lady Jane Grey, Anne of Cleves, the Seymour brothers, and of course plenty of Anne Boleyn and Kathryn Howard! 😀
This sounds like an awesome story, thanks for the opportunity to win it, and also for bringing it to my attention. I’d love to win The King’s Rose because I absolutely love historical fiction from the Tudor period, ever since I read the Other Boleyn Girl I’ve been completely enthralled by it.
I definitely second Kerryn’s idea about The Tudors. And another post idea I would love to see would be one focusing on the sibling relationships between the Boleyn children. As I said before, I love the Other Boleyn Girl and one of the biggest things that intrigued me in that story was the sibling relationships. How much that was said was truth and how much was speculation and lies used to incarcerate Anne and her circle of courtiers?? It’s such an interesting topic and I would love to hear your take on it. 😀
Thanks again for the giveaway and I hope that you get lots of great post ideas 🙂
I found your blog through a posting of much-loved friend on Facebook(We went to High school together). We share a passion for all things Henry VIII and of the Tudor line.
I am looking at your list of recommended reading and adding many to my wishlist for Christmas!
I have a question for you – I’ve always been curious about the fates of many of the parents of these girls they placed in their political machinations. Some are referenced but a few are not – and (of course) these are the ones I am most wanting to know about. One in particular is the Lady Jane Grey’s mother. I know that she remained at court via Mary I and not as a favourite under Elizabeth, but still there. My questions are what they would really have been allowed to do while there, what services could they possibly perform?
Hello Melissa and welcome! I wish I could answer your question off the top of my head but unfortunately I do not know exactly what tasks Jane’s mother would have been asked to perform while at court under Elizabeth. I have recently been given Leanda De Lisle’s book, ‘The Sisters who would be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey’ but am yet to read it. Eric Ives also has a book about Lady Jane Grey that might be useful. There are so many interesting Tudor personalities to learn about that it’s difficult to know where to begin! If I come across any other information I will be sure to let you know.
I have not begun my Tudor journey yet, but I am ready. Ann Boleyln is the only one that I have read about. I tend to get ready hooked on hobbies, so I could be starting a new hobby with the Tudors. Please enter me in this contest. Thank you very much for the chance of winning this book.
CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com
Be careful Carol, the Tudors can get VERY addictive!! My ‘hobby’ is now a lifelong journey 🙂 Good luck!
I would like to start off by saying thank you for providing we Tudor enthusiasts with so much information. I absolutely love it!!!! I would like to win this book because at this point in my life, reading consumes alot of my time. I am recovering from back surgery and it helps to pass the time. Tudor books are practically all that I care to read, and I have neglected reading about this young Queen. Anne Boleyn is by far my favorite of the six Queens, she just intrigues me. Since Catherine is a cousin of Anne’s, perhaps this book would provide me with additional information on Anne’s family. As far as an idea for the future….I have to agree with an earlier post by Clare about Tudor hygiene. I have also searched the internet looking for information on various aspects of how they took care of themselves. How often did they bathe? Did women shave their legs? How did the women care for themselves during their periods? I could go on and on. Thanks for the giveaway and good luck to all who enters!!!!
I forgot to leave an email address on my earlier post….errr….
Patty Blackwell
plynn02@yahoo.com
Thanks Patty and I wish you a speedy recovery 🙂
Thank you Patty! Alisa’s book really has sparked my interest in young Catherine. I feel that I need to read a lot more about her now to try and understand how she did what she did. There are even those that say she didn’t do all that she was accused of, so lots of researching to be done! The post about Tudor hygiene is a must! I am also fascinated by the mundane things that we take for granted like brushing teeth, shaving legs, washing hair etc. etc. and love to hear how it was all done in Tudor times. I am currently researching this topic so say tuned 🙂
Hey there 🙂
I’ve been reading this website for over a weeks now and I’m totally addicted…! I love it, I keep checking back. I just signed up for the newsletter and saw this giveaway! I love books and I love The Tudors.
And an idea for the future? Well, I also love make up. I’m totally addicted to it and I just love bold, fierce, colorful make up. That made me think of the following: did the Tudors use ANY kind of make up? As we all know, the Egyptians and other ancient races used “make up” but did the Tudors did so, too? I’m curious. There is this scene in The Tudors (the series) where Anne Boleyn uses red wine als a blush and a sort of “lipstick” on her lips. Could this be true? 🙂
Thank you Maud! I am so glad that you are enjoying my site 🙂 An article about Tudor make up sounds very interesting! I will add it to my list.
Good luck!
Uhm, oops. Totally used my old emailaddress!
I’m so sorry but again, used a wrong one. It is: porseleinen.huid@gmail.com. I’ve only had this emailaddress for 3 weeks now and I keep typing it in wrong!
Hee, Hee…No problem, we’ve got it now!
I have been intrigued by this family since I was old enough to understand English accents on cable television! I approached from a bit backward I suppose, being interested first in Elizabeth and from there moving to Anne and Henry and hence to the other wives, then to others attached to the Tudors (like Mary Queen of Scots, Lady Jane Grey, etc.). I really got into it two years ago when I had the opportunity to teach Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to HS freshmen English students and provided literary historical background about the Tudors. I started haunting used bookstores for good copies of biographies and historical novels and never looked back. I don’t have anything on Catherine Howard though so this book would be a great addition to my little library!
As far as an idea for future study, I think it would be fascinating to trace the strong Tudor feminine footsteps left both in historical record and in bloodlines; Henry VII and VIII would surely have laughed at any soothsayer who predicted that Margaret’s bloodline would be the one to survive to the present day, or that Elizabeth would be touted as one of, if not the, greatest British monarch of either gender. No matter what you decide, keep up the good work! This is a great site and I thoroughly enjoy it.
Thank you for your lovely feedback Stacey, I am so glad you enjoy my site! Thank you for your entry and Happy New Year!
I would love to win this book actually more for my mom who has cancer and loves all things historical…but is particularly interested in the tudors…and loves the tv show too. So it would be for her. It sounds wonderful. Thanks for the opporunity.
Thank you for your post Max and happy new year to you and your family! 🙂
I would love this book. I live in France and it is so difficult to get hold of really good books on the Tudors