It’s good to focus on the women, who are often seen as supporting rather than leading figures, as the focus is often on the men who wield the power. It opens up new areas for exploration and tries to redress the balance of views on these incredible women. This book tries to tackle some of the prevailing myths about these women and the dominating views of the past centuries. It doesn’t just examine the period 1485 to 1603 but looks at the women before this period who shaped it, like Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret Beaufort, the matriarchs of the dynasty, without whom it wouldn’t have existed. It shows how resilient the women were and how essential they were to the dynasty. It doesn’t disappoint as it discusses the Tudor women across the whole period and how they compare to each other in their styles of motherhood, queenship, and relations with the men in their lives. I was so excited to get a review copy of this book from Amberley Publishing.
I absolutely adore these books and cannot wait for more ghostly adventures! This book seems to bring together the communities at the Tower of London and Westminster Abbey as the previous books haven’t so it’s interesting to see ghosts intermingling in a way we haven’t in the series before. It’s a different way of looking at figures from the past and I really enjoy it. We see more and more of these characters from history – potential vulnerabilities and how they adjust to the changing modern world, and confront difficult decisions and relationships. The story pushes on, with every chapter adding something to the storyline, and nothing wasted. Richard III again takes centre stage as he struggles with his relationship with Henry VII and the haunting of ghosts he cares for. It was hinted at in the last in the series, ‘Kindred Spirits: Ephemera’ that this book would feature that most famous King Henry VIII, and it doesn’t disappoint, as those ghosts who were closest to Henry VIII in life come together – the likes of Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. These books make me laugh so much and I wish that these communities of ghosts living at the likes of the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, and Windsor Castle were real. Another triumph in the Kindred Spirits series – I adore this series, and I think this may have been the best one yet, but definitely on par with ‘Kindred Spirits: Tower of London’ which has been up to now my favourite of the series.
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