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I finished reading The Queen's Lady over holiday break, and it is easily the best book I've read all year. Kyle tells her thought-provoking story from both sides of the conflict between the Catholic and Protestant churches. There is a profound message in this book about faith and organized religion that gives it real soul.

Honor Larke is a lady in waiting, to Queen Catherine of Aragon. But do not think for a moment this is a simple book about a maid at court, sewing tears in Queen Catherine’s skirts. Kyle plumbs the depths of faith and zealotry inside of a fast-paced story about a young lady who searches for truth in religion and doubts her own faith in the church and even God.

The novel has a wide scope that is fulfilling, but the story never drags with the weight of a history lesson or a cast of characters you can't memorize. Decent but flawed characters give such immediacy to this story. There is an honest ambivalence in them and a realistic thirst for self-preservation that I don’t often read. Kyle is brutally candid with her readers about the violence of the time, and the pain and suffering feels so real at moments, you are right there in the midst of a fire, or passing through the consciousness of your very existence into a euphoric death.

The message in this novel will keep you thinking long after you’ve read the last page. This would be an excellent book club read. I can't wait to read the rest of the Thornleigh series.


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The Queen Lady Thornleigh Saga Barbara Kyle Books Reviews

Honor Larke had a rough childhood, but everything turned around when Thomas More took her in as his ward. Now in 1527, she has a choice marry and fall into the role of obedient wife or serve Queen Catherine at court. Honor chooses the latter and soon finds that court life is not everything she thought it would be but she is loyal to the queen whose position is being undermined by Anne Boleyn.

Still, when the burning of heretics rubs Honor the wrong way - why should people die just for a difference in thought? - the lines of loyalty and religion blur and she finds her true calling and even romance in the form of Richard Thornleigh.

Written in the third person from multiple viewpoints (but mostly Honor's), The Queen's Lady was a delight to read. It was an original story revolving around fictional characters who believably interacted with the historical figures in the novel.

I had not expected to enjoy The Queen's Lady as much as I did, but Honor Larke was a great main character and all of the other characters were great as well. The story was awesome. An ahead-of-her-time woman, undercover missions, intrigue, secrets, a slow romance - it all came together rather nicely. There are more books in this series and I look forward to reading them.

Recommended for historical fiction and Tudor era lovers.

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As a Pastor I was most interested in this story as it related to the early persecution of Protestants by King Henry VIII. While this is a historical novel weaving actual historic figures with fictitious figures it is the fictitious characters that we follow most closely.

King Henry VIII has started the process to try and obtain a divorce from Queen Catherine, this so that he can marry Anne Boleyn. As such Catherine has been set aside from the court and been given just a few servants to attend to her. One of those servants is Honor Larke. Mistress Larke has grown up as a ward to Sir Thomas More. Sir More has been kind to Honor and given her a good education and treated her well. Honor is also entitled to a great estate, but she only gets that estate fully under her control if and when she marries.

Sir More sends Honor to Catherine's court to attend to the Queen. It is here that Honor is to discover the deception going on as well as the religious persecution that is happening to Protestants. At first she is unmoved by the death of the heretics. But then a childhood friend, Ralph, is burned at the stake as a heretic.

This single event is to change Honor's life as she is devastated by the gruesome death of Ralph. She takes on the role of trying to help the Protestants stay a step ahead of the King's men who are hunting down the heretics.

Long story short, Honor discovers ways to help the heretics escape England for Europe where they can live some what in peace. To do this she makes a deal with Richard Thornleigh who owns three sailing vessels as part of his wool trading business. Richard allows Honor to smuggle the heretics on board his ships and he transports them to Europe. This is a dangerous business. If caught they both could be burned at the stake.

To make matters more difficult, Queen Catherine is one who wants the heretics burned. So, Honor is walking a tight rope of deception while serving in the Queen's court. To make matters even more complicated, Anne Boleyn is sensitive to the Protestants and if made Queen would most likely push to remove the persecution. But Honor doesn't like Anne because of her being the King's mistress.

All of this intrigue is further complicated with Honor falling in love with Richard Thornleigh. But he is a married man.

I disagree with one of the previous reviews of this book where the reviewer stated this book was trashy. I found that it was not anywhere near that realm. As a matter of fact, Honor and Richard put their self desire on hold because of his marriage. They do not have an affair, they do not do more than two kisses before realizing that they shouldn't indulge. It isn't until Richard's wife dies that they can fully allow their emotions to take first place.

I enjoyed this novel and look forward to reading the next in the series. If you like historical novels regarding England and the King's court you will enjoy this novel.

Thank you Barbara or a delightful read.
A historical novel that gives a look at the events of what went down in England around the time of Henry the Eighth schemed to get married to Anne Boelyn. The action in the book takes place through the eyes of Honor, one of Catherine of Aragon's ladies in waiting. Honor experiences all kinds of things from court intrigue to becoming involved in the Protestant movement. She crosses paths across some of the most famous historical figures from this era. While a bit lengthy the book is never dull as quite a bit happens to Honor over the course of the book. I would highly reccomend reading this novel if this period in England's history is interesting to you.
I finished reading The Queen's Lady over holiday break, and it is easily the best book I've read all year. Kyle tells her thought-provoking story from both sides of the conflict between the Catholic and Protestant churches. There is a profound message in this book about faith and organized religion that gives it real soul.

Honor Larke is a lady in waiting, to Queen Catherine of Aragon. But do not think for a moment this is a simple book about a maid at court, sewing tears in Queen Catherine’s skirts. Kyle plumbs the depths of faith and zealotry inside of a fast-paced story about a young lady who searches for truth in religion and doubts her own faith in the church and even God.

The novel has a wide scope that is fulfilling, but the story never drags with the weight of a history lesson or a cast of characters you can't memorize. Decent but flawed characters give such immediacy to this story. There is an honest ambivalence in them and a realistic thirst for self-preservation that I don’t often read. Kyle is brutally candid with her readers about the violence of the time, and the pain and suffering feels so real at moments, you are right there in the midst of a fire, or passing through the consciousness of your very existence into a euphoric death.

The message in this novel will keep you thinking long after you’ve read the last page. This would be an excellent book club read. I can't wait to read the rest of the Thornleigh series.