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Beautiful. Seductive. Innocent. Jane Popyncourt was brought to the court as a child to be ward of the king and a companion to his daughters -- the princesses Margaret and Mary. With no money of her own, Jane could not hope for a powerful marriage, or perhaps even marriage at all. But as she... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jane Popyncourt: Aka. (in french) Jeanne Popyncourt; The Narrator and main person in this book.
- Guy Dunois: Frenchman, friend of Jane Popyncourt; bastard brother of the Duke De Longueville
- Duke De Longueville: Jean Popyncourt's first lover; was held for Ransom by King Henry VIII; Guy's brother
- Harry Guilford: Courtier; part of Henry's entourage at court
- Lady Margaret: Sister to King Henry
- Charles Brandon: Duke of Suffolk
- Katherine of Aragon: Wife of King Henry
- Bessie Blount: Becomes friends with Jean Popyncourt and one of Henry's mistresses'
- Joan Popyncourt: aka Jeanne Popyncourt; mother of Jean Popyncourt- Maman (mother in French)
- King Henry VIII: Brother of Margaret and Mary and Uncle of Jean; Became King after Henry VII died and his older brother passed away earlier.
- Will Somers: Courtier; part of Henry's entourage at court
- Rowland Velville: Jean Popyncourt's uncle; twin brother to Joan Popyncourt
- Mary Tudor: Henry's Sister; Married King Louis of France and the Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk
- Ivo Jumelle: Duc De Logvilles servant; Son of Alain Jumelle
- Prince Edward: King Henrys VIII Older Brother, who was married to Catherine of Aragon, passing away at battle.
- Master Gibson: Add a description of this character.
- King Ferdinand
- Ned Neville: Courtier; part of Henry's entourage at court
- Elizabeth: Henry VII's Wife, King Henry, Princess Mary and Margaret's mother.
- Meg: Courtier; married Harry Guildford
- Nick Carew: Courtier; part of Henry's entourage at court
- Perkin Warbeck: Was killed for trying to usurp the throneC
- Tom Knyvett: Courtier; part of Henry's entourage at court
Quotes edit
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“A Princess was a matrimaonial prize and little more. I supposed all women were. Someon's daughter. Someone's wife. Someone's mistress. Our connection to men defined all of us”
Jane Popyncourt -
“Without warning, I collapsed at the foot of the bed, my knees too weak to hold me upright any longer. With fingers that felt cold as ice I reached for Guy's hand.”
Jane Poyncourt -
“"To show to much concern was unseemly, but I was strangely reluctant to release my grip. Then Guy squeezed my fingers and I forgot all about the boys presence... Guy's eyes slitted open; his gaze caught mine and held. I stared back..."”
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“"Women are chattel under the law... the property of their fathers first and then their husbands"”
King Henry VIII -
“I stayed the night. There was no need, but it was no trouble, and I doubted anyone would remark upon my presence in his room when my own lodgings were so near at hand. I fell asleep, head pillowed on on arms resting on one side of the field bed. I woke to discover that my headdress had fallen off. Guys filgers rested gentrly on my hair."”
Jane Popyncourt -
““I had given Guy my little dragon pendant. I hoped it would serve as a good luck charm, a protection against injury."”
Joan Popyncourt -
“"Do you think me a fool! I value you my honour as much as you do. More mayhap, as I am loath to waste me maidenhead on an old man."”
Princess Mary (soon to be Queen of France) -
“Guy reached out to caress my cheek, then took my face between his palms "I want to remember you.. the golden gleam in your eyes...With Golden Flecks, and your hair is the deep rich colour of ginger."”
Guy Dunois -
“"True pleasure combines happiness and contentement with passionate love. No place can provide that. Only a person is capable of bringing all those things into another's life."”
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“The past shapes our lives, Jeanne, but it doesn’t have to rule them. If our trust in each other is strong enough, we can make what we will of the future.”
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True pleasure combines happiness and contentment with passionate love. No place can provide that. Only a person is capable of bringing all those things into another’s life.
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A duke outranked all other noblemen. Then came marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. Most courtiers, however, were only knights, or gentlemen like Master Brandon.
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“A tilt is any fight between a pair of competitors using lances.” I had to raise my voice
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A princess was a matrimonial prize and little more. I supposed all women were. Someone’s daughter. Someone’s wife. Someone’s mistress. Our connection to men defined all of us.
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“There will be four parts of the tournament,” I continued. “First, opponents fighting on foot at the barriers, using swords across a waist-high wooden fence. Then hand-to-hand combat with a variety of weapons—two-handed swords and pikes and axes. The tourney is next, fought by small teams on horseback, with swords. And finally there is the joust between mounted knights with lances. Each knight will run several courses
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participants entered in fancy costumes and riding in pageant cars. They placed their names on a ‘tree of chivalry’ located near the head
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I suggest Mary Louise Bruce’s The Making of Henry VIII and Alison Weir’s Henry VIII and His Court. Both books were invaluable to me in writing this novel, as was Simon Thurley’s The Royal Palaces of Tudor England. For a complete bibliography of my sources, please consult my website at www.KateEmersonHistoricals.com.
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It was in fashion for courtiers to say they had fallen in love with this woman or that, and to sigh after the unattainable, but it was all a game to them.
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First Sentence edit
I was a child of eight in April of the year of our Lord fourteen hundred and ninety-eight.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter 1 to Chapter 16
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 4 in Secrets of the Tudor Court. (standard series)
Followed by Between Two Queens.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kate Emerson (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Pocket Books
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: February 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4165-8320-2
Page Count: 358
Publisher: Pocket Books
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: February 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4165-8320-2
Page Count: 358
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- Dewey: 813.54
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