Ebook {Epub PDF} The Queens Dwarf by Ella March Chase
the queens dwarf ella march chase The Queen's Dwarf - A Novel A richly imagined, gorgeously written historical novel set in the Stuart court featuring a unique hero: Jeffrey Hudson, a dwarf tasked with spying on the beautiful but vulnerable queen It's , and King Charles I and his French queen Henrietta Maria have reigned in England for less. Ella March Chase. bltadwin.ru Praise for THE QUEEN'S DWARF: "A feast for readers told by a masterful author. The seemingly fantastical-- yet historically accurate-- collection of characters will tug at your heart." --Tasha Alexander, New York Times bestselling author. The Queen's Dwarf combines the fascination of a Grimm’s fairy tale with the heft of history. In the court of Charles I of England in , the young French Queen Henrietta-Marie finds distraction in an unfriendly environment with her “Royal Menagerie of Freaks and Curiosities”--among them a beautiful rope dancer, an acrobatic animal trainer, a giant and two dwarves, soon to be joined by a gift from the Duke of .
Ella March Chase's vivid storytelling gives due credence to a daughter who might have been and a mother who never was. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Tudor intrigue inspires yet another historical romance in this story of a willful girl who discovers she is the Virgin Queen's illegitimate daughter. Chase's (Three Maids for a Crown, , etc.) latest historical novel follows the fate of Jeffrey Hudson, a dwarf manipulated by Buckingham into spying on Queen Henrietta Maria. A French Catholic, the queen poses a threat to Buckingham's influence over Protestant King Charles I. The Queen's Dwarf is a wonderful historical novel in the vein of Margaret George and Philippa Gregory, and Ella March Chase is a gifted storyteller." ― bltadwin.ru "Chase's book offers vividly realistic details about daily court life, as well as insight into the intrigue and deception that was prevalent in the kingdom.
Ella March Chase has written a fictional account of Jeffrey Hudson, the court dwarf of England's Queen Henrietta Maria of France, wife of Charles I of England. In his father sold him to the Duke of Buckingham. The Duke and Duchess presented him to the young Queen as the finale of a banquet. Chase’s (Three Maids for a Crown, , etc.) latest historical novel follows the fate of Jeffrey Hudson, a dwarf manipulated by Buckingham into spying on Queen Henrietta Maria. A French Catholic, the queen poses a threat to Buckingham’s influence over Protestant King Charles I. The Queen's Dwarf combines the fascination of a Grimm’s fairy tale with the heft of history. In the court of Charles I of England in , the young French Queen Henrietta-Marie finds distraction in an unfriendly environment with her “Royal Menagerie of Freaks and Curiosities”--among them a beautiful rope dancer, an acrobatic animal trainer, a giant and two dwarves, soon to be joined by a gift from the Duke of Buckingham, Jeffrey Hudson, aptly named “Lord Minimus.”.
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