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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Testimony of Alys Twistdi Suzannah Dunn
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Orphan Alys has managed to survive against the odds. She works as a launderess and has secured a position in the household of the new Queen. Mary Tudor in 37 and has waited to claim the throne for many years, now she has done so and is also about to get married to a Spanish prince. This is causing some upset among the people of England and there are plots to dethrone Mary centred around her half-sister Elizabeth. Alys is pressured into becoming a spy in Elizabeth's household. This is an interesting take on Tudor history and from the viewpoint of a quite humble servant which is to its benefit. I found the 'lesbian' love affair unconvincing and didn't really see what plot there was. However as a view of Tudor England from a lowly perspective it was interesting nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
1553: deeply-divided England rejoices as the rightful heir, Mary Tudor, sweeps to power on a tide of populist goodwill. But the people should have been careful what they wished for: Mary's mission is to turn back time to an England of old. Within weeks there is widespread rebellion in favour of her heir, her half-sister, princess Elizabeth, who is everything that Mary isn't. From now on, Elizabeth will have to use her considerable guile just to stay alive.Orphan Alys Twist has come a long way - further than she ever dared hope - to work as a laundress at the royal Wardrobe. There she meets Bel, daughter of the Queen's tailor, and seems to have arrived at her own happy ending. But in a world where appearance is everything, a laundress is in a unique position to see the truth of people's lives, and Alys is pressed into service as a spy in the errant princess's household. Alys herself, though, is hardly whiter than white, and when the princess is arrested she must make a dangerous choice. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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This story follows Alys Twist, a laundress in the household of Queen Mary 1st. She is then sent as a spy in the household of the princess Elizabeth. That basically is it.
For me the plot was slow and nothing much does happen. I did think how can a laundress become a spy when all of her time is taken up in the laundry. I also felt the story was fleshed out with lots of descriptions of clothing and cleaning.
This book was too dull for me and half way through I decided to not read anymore. Very disappointed. ( )