#Jean Plaidy

[period-dramallama]

Jean Plaidy covers are so lovely and for WHAT

[shinyasahalo]

Writing a fem character as a villain by making her abusive toward her children, have her obsess over a man, and be vain about her appearance, makes her a boring villainess.

[angelfall33]

Mi Opinión: Madame Du Barry; Amante Real – Jean Plaidy 

[poem-today]

A poem by Robert Burns (for Burns Night)

Oh Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast

Oh wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea, My plaidie to the angry airt, I’d shelter thee, I’d shelter thee: Or did misfortune’s bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, Thy bield should be my bosom, To share it a’, to share it a’.

Or were I in the wildest waste, Sae black and bare, sae black and bare, The desart were a Paradise, If thou wert there, if thou wert there. Or were I monarch o' the globe, Wi thee to reign, wi thee to reign, The brightest jewel in my crown Wad be my queen, wad be my queen.

Robert Burns (1759-1796)

Glossary

lea = meadow airt = the direction, or quarter, of the wind blaw = blow bield = shelter

Note: Robert Burns composed this song in honour of Jessie Lewars (1778-1855), a friend of the family, who nursed him during his final illness and, from January 1796, helped his wife, Jean Armour, with their many children. As he was rarely able to leave his room, Jessy rendered invaluable services in helping Mrs. Burns nurse her husband. The poet could not repay her kindness in money so he asked what her favourite song was. She sang a song which was popular at the time and which told of a wren describing how he would never let the robin stay out in the cold if he had “an auld clout” to wrap him in. Burns wrote these new words to the same tune.

Image: "O, wert thou in the cauld blast" by the Scottish sculptor Ronald Rae is located in front of the Milton Keynes central railway station.

[anditendshowyoudexpect]

rereading Jean Plaidy's Queen Victoria series, i suddenly, although understandably, find myself in the mood to watch Lord Melbourne tell John Conroy to go choke on a dick. or "i bid you a good day", as they put it back then

[zippocreed501]

AUTHOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

'Respect your characters, even the ­minor ones. In art, as in life, everyone is the hero of their own particular story; it is worth thinking about what your minor characters' stories are, even though they may intersect only slightly with your protagonist's.'

'Treat writing as a job. Be disciplined. Lots of writers get a bit OCD-ish about this. Graham Greene famously wrote 500 words a day. Jean Plaidy managed 5,000 before lunch, then spent the afternoon answering fan mail. My minimum is 1,000 words a day – which is sometimes easy to achieve, and is sometimes, frankly, like shitting a brick, but I will make myself stay at my desk until I've got there, because I know that by doing that I am inching the book forward. Those 1,000 words might well be rubbish–they often are. But then, it is always easier to return to rubbish words at a later date and make them better.'

'Don't panic. Midway through writing a novel, I have regularly experienced moments of bowel-curdling terror, as I contemplate the drivel on the screen before me and see beyond it, in quick succession, the derisive reviews, the friends' embarrassment, the failing career, the dwindling income, the repossessed house, the divorce . . .'

'. . . Working doggedly on through crises like these, however, has always got me there in the end. Leaving the desk for a while can help. Talking the problem through can help me recall what I was trying to achieve before I got stuck. Going for a long walk almost always gets me thinking about my manuscript in a slightly new way. And if all else fails, there's prayer. St Francis de Sales, the patron saint of writers, has often helped me out in a crisis. If you want to spread your net more widely, you could try appealing to Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, too.'

Author Extraordinaire Sarah Waters

[darkficsyouneveraskedfor]

I loved the Friedrich Harding you posted!! Are there any books or authors for that time period you would recommend?

Oof. Not off the top of my head. I jave certain authors who write period books that I don't mind.

Carolly Erikson

Lauren Willig (pink carnation series is french revolution and I loved it)

CC Humphreys

Margaret George

Jean Plaidy

Robin Maxwell (Mademoiselle Boleyn is a fave of mine)

[celebrateeachnewday]

Artist Jane Crowther

My 2024 Booklist

Found in a Bookshop by Stephanie Butland The Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson The Color Purple by Alice Walker Maskerade by Terry Pratchet (#18 of Discworld) The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey The Rainbow Trail by Zane Grey The Great Gatzby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Coraline by Neil Gaiman The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez The Arm of the Starfish by Madeleine L'Engle Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Murder Most Royal by Jean Plaidy A Man Called Peter by Catherine Marshall

[period-dramallama]

Jean Plaidy must have been wattpad for young girls interested in history back before the Internet.

[bforbetterthanyou]

I hate when I'm trying to find good historical fiction centered around the wives and I have to go through all the Allison Weir novels to find decent stuff

On a semi-related note, do you have any recommendations?

Yeah, for some reason the Tudor period attracts a lot of trash (both fiction and, frankly, non-fiction). I honestly have no idea why this is. I don’t know maybe because I’m American so I didn’t learn about the Tudors in school growing up (in the World History class I was required to take in high school our textbook had a single paragraph that mentioned Henry VIII and the Reformation and then Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada: even when we studied Shakespeare we only read his plays as works of literature and learned nothing whatsoever about the time period he lived—for the longest time I actually didn’t know that Shakespeare lived in the Tudor period)…so maybe it has something to do with how the Tudors is taught in British schools (from what I’ve heard, apparently history in British schools is basically just Romans, Tudors, Nazis)

If you’re looking at fiction about the wives, specifically…shockingly there actually isn’t that much.

Jean Plaidy is always a good way to go. All of her novels were published in the 40s and 50s and they can be a bit overly romantic at times but they’re pre-when Tudor fiction started to get really trashy. The upcoming film Firebrand is based on a novel called Queen’s Gambit. I haven’t actually read the novel, but it’s one of the few that focuses on Kathryn Parr.

There are others not directly about the wives but that feature them like Adrienne Dillard’s The Raven’s Widow which is about Jane Boleyn post-May 1536.

Dead Queen’s Club is underrated.

Here are some others that are on my list (but I haven’t actually read them yet so can’t attest to their quality):

Anne & Henry by Dawn Ius

Anne Boleyn by Evelyn Anthony

The Kiss of the Concubine by Judith Arnopp

[m-andrade-87]

LECTURAS Y PELÍCULAS VARIAS

Hola mis pequeños dragones, hoy, bajo un título tan genérico, os traigo un pequeño resumen de algunas cosas que he estado viendo y leyendo durante los últimos días y que, si bien no voy a dedicarle una entrada como tal, si quería hablar un poco sobre estas cosillas. Como siempre espero que alguna de estas cosas os resulte interesante. Empezamos BBC SIX WIVES WITH LUCY WORSLEY En este primer…

[pcppyy]

𝖌𝖔𝖉𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖘 𝖆𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝖈𝖔𝖚𝖗𝖙 | penelope walsingham, as  persephone, goddess of spring. 

the attendance of penelope walsingham and her husband, thomas, was well documented in the romance novel ' the spymaster's bride ' written by fledgling fiction author diana suno, inspired heavily by other tudor romance novelists such as jean plaidy and phillipa gregory. it included a very vivid scene that was heavily based on the true events of the pageant of the king's in the year of 1559, where penelope acted out a sorrowful scene of leaving her mother, demeter, to be with the king of the underworld. the two women soon dissolved into giggles once the scene was complete. adorned in mauve silks, it was noted that penelope maintained a higher neckline then some of the other women in attendance, however if the fictional novel is to be believed the fabric was sheer whenever penelope shifted, revealing long dainty legs and bare thighs and glimpse of her breasts if stood in the right position ( one that her husband was notably glued to most of the night as they drank ). historians have remarked in brevity in various writings of thomas walsingham's life that it was unintentional irony for his wife to portray the goddess of spring, growth, and fertility, as according to the timeline it was around this period of time that she became pregnant with their third, and final, child. 

[dragonstepp]

Salove in pants

I have to admit to a not-so-secret love of men. I think men are the most glorious invention of god, or their maker. That doesn't mean I don't think women are beautiful as well, but I really love to love at a well-made man. I bought a throw from Amazon of Jamie (not Sam, not really) in the nude with his hand holding a plaidie in an appropriate place.

But I have a real wish, one I will never be able to fulfill. I would love to see Sam in the nude, completely. When I see photos of him standing, or lounging, in a well-made suit, my eyes go immediately to his crotch. I just can't help it.

But then my fave view of any male is if he has a great butt. No loose jeans for me. I need them well-filled out.

C

[iquote]

"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience."

- Jean Plaidy

[absentpholosipher]

The Only battle you have to win is this life is the one inside your head.

You are your first and worst enemy.

Patience is a double edge sword.

Patience is necessary, but too much patience is dangerous. 

Stop feeling embarrassed for things no one care about. 

Relying on people all the time is more dangerous than you think. 

If you don’t learn not to care, you’ll never be at peace.

Loneliness can be a blessing or a curse.

Loving someone is easier than loving yourself.

It during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. – Aristotle

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. – Rumi

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. – Lao Tzu

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory. – Theodor Seuss Geisel

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear. – Rumi

. "I just want a day where it feels like I'm not falling apart anymore." — Frank

I'm exhausted from trying to be stronger than I feel." — Brighton Early

Tears are words the heart can't express." — Gerard Way

I'm tired of fighting. For once, I want to be fought for." — Dick Tate

Don't cry over someone who wouldn't cry over you.” ― Lauren Conrad

The sadness will last forever." ― Vincent Van Gogh

34. "When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps." ― John Lennon

A void in my chest was beginning to fill with anger. Quiet, defeated anger that guaranteed me the right to my hurt, that believed no one could possibly understand that hurt." ― Rachel Sontag, "House Rules"

Who do you turn to when the only person in the world that can stop you from crying, is exactly the one making you cry?" — Anita Room

"When you're happy you enjoy the music. When you're sad you understand the lyrics." — Frank Ocean 

"There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy." — Dante Alighieri

"Today my forest is dark. The trees are sad and all the butterflies have broken wings." — Raine Cooper 

It is a part of the human experience to feel pain, do not be afraid open yourself to it- Rupi Kaur

When the shadows around you start to feel overwhelming, remember you are the lighthouse, remember the luminous in your existence. When your mind is the darkest place you’ve known-turn the light on there is still sunshine coursing through your veins

You do not see the sun apologizing for the way that it shines, so why should you?

The moon does not ask permission to take its place in the sky and the sun does not ask permission to rise; so take your place darling, your purpose needs no permission- Arielleestoria

It is quite alright for you to take all the time you need to mend all that has been broken

If the hurt comes so will the happiness- Rupi Kaur

We are all born so beautiful, the greatest tragedy is being convinced we are not- Rupi Kaur

How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you.

You don’t need closure to find happiness again, you need to find reasons to start a new chapter and put down that old book; here is one reason you deserve to be happy- Pierre Alex Jeanty

Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe. 
– Mark Twain

1. “Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. if it’s bad, it’s experience.” – Jean Plaidy

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” – Dr. Seuss

“Sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together.”

“At some point you have to let go of what you thought should happen and live what is happening.”

“People say you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone … truth is, you knew what you had, you just thought you’d never lose it.”

“Fear is temporary. Regret is forever.”

“Isn’t it pathetic how we waste so much time on certain people and in the end, they prove that they weren’t even worth a second of it?”

“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” – Bruce Lee

“The trouble is, you think you have time.” – Buddha

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." — 1 Corinthians 13

"Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time." — Maya Angelou

"We're all a little weird, and life's a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it LOVE." — Dr. Seuss

"The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough." — Yoko Ono

"True love is putting someone else before yourself." — Frozen

"The art of love is largely the art of persistence." — Albert Ellis

"There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do to make you feel my love." — Adele

"Love’s gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted." — Rabindranath Tagore

"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop." — H. L. Mencken

"The best proof of love is trust." — Joyce Brothers

"Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own." — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

"I will be a poet, and you will be poetry." — François Coppée

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love!" — Sophocles

“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
—Jack Handey

Bob: “Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately.”
Peter: “I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob.”

“Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are.”
—Will Ferrell

“Ned, I would love to stand here and talk with you—but I’m not going to.”
—Phil Connors (Bill Murray

“I’m not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.”
—Michael Scott (Steve Carrell)

“I never feel more alone than when I’m trying to put sunscreen on my back.”
—Jimmy Kimmel

“Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it.”

"The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love." — Henry Miller

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." — 1 Corinthians 13

"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk through my garden forever." — Alfred Tennyson

"The giving of love is an education in itself." — Eleanor Roosevelt

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” – Washington Irving

“Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.” – Marge Piercy

“You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.” – Barbara De Angelis

[libidomechanica]

Untitled (“Out to eat off your silks, and long,”)

Hear, ye virgin’s wish without strong imaginary wife, nothing issues from hill to say is, not therefore I shrug on the lily lea? Godiva hero To Leander in Memoriam A. Out to eat off your silks, and long, delayest the shirt sours my scent with the celebrated fireworks with the Maker’s praise. Charlie Grigor tint his plaidie, kissin’ Theniel’s bonie Jean. And sing of the sky; the roof, the wave, I take the woman at her eyes the smile that proves the lasting flame, fantastic round the will, and I thy shepherd pipe, and swift up the sun; who usherest in rymes of rybaudrye.