Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released.
This week I can’t wait for
The Last Tudor (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #14) by Philippa Gregory
Pages: 528
Published by Touchstone
Publication Date August 8th 2017
Goodreads
The latest novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory features one of the most famous girls in history, Lady Jane Grey, and her two sisters, each of whom dared to defy her queen. Jane Grey was queen of England for nine days, dying on the scaffold for her faith. But few people know about her two sisters, cousins to Elizabeth I who also faced imprisonment and death sentences for treason. Katherine Grey was the beauty of the family who earned the lifelong hatred of her cousin Elizabeth I when she married for love. Mary Grey was an extraordinary little person known as a dwarf in Tudor times, who defied convention to marry the tallest man at court in her own secret love match. The fascinating story of three idiosyncratic Tudor girls and their challenges to the most powerful Tudor woman of all is the subject of the next novel from the author who defines what it means to be a writer of historical fiction (RT Book Reviews)."
Why I’m Waiting
Technically, The Last Tudor came out yesterday, but I am still on my library’s waiting list. Philippa Gregory is a fantastic historical fiction writer in my opinion. She has the ability to create something new out of a subject that has been done to death, and still keeps the Tudors interesting.
Aren’t library wait lists sometimes torture? Here’s hoping you get your hands on it quickly.
Yes, they are! Fortunately, I’m pretty high on the list so I hopefully I won’t have to wait too long.
Library waiting lists are the worst. I hope you get your copy soon. It sounds really good.
Jenea’s Book Obsession’s Can’t-Wait Wednesday
I think The Last Tudor sounds really interesting. Who doesn’t like a book about dying on the scaffold? I really hope the wait list moves quickly.
AHH YES.
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person in the world in love with Philippa Gregory’s books. I can’t wait to read her interpretation of Lady Jane Grey’s story.
Philippa Gregory is a great historical fiction author. Lady Jane Grey is a figure that is underutilized and look forward to the writer’s interpretation as well.
I feel like I’d like her books, but haven’t read any yet. And I want to know more about the Tudors and that timeframe. I’ve read a few historical books on the era, but no real historical fiction yet. I need to soon.