Ever Heard of This Book?

Amanda · Post by **Amanda** » Thu February 11th, 2010, 12:54 am

I just got home from the shops, and I saw a HF book in Target that I knew nothing about. THought I had better read some reviews first.....

It's by Susan Wiggs and is called At the King's Command. It is the first in the Tudor rose series. Has anyone read it, or anything by her? Looks like she is a romance writer.

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Thu February 11th, 2010, 1:15 am

[quote=""Amanda""]I just got home from the shops, and I saw a HF book in Target that I knew nothing about. THought I had better read some reviews first.....

It's by Susan Wiggs and is called At the King's Command. It is the first in the Tudor rose series. Has anyone read it, or anything by her? Looks like she is a romance writer.[/quote]

I had seen these and was thinking about reading them. I noticed some mention at the Amazon reviews that these were new editions with a different pub and names (why, why do they do that??). From the author's website,

At the Queen's Summons
(originally published as DANCING ON AIR 1996)
Tudor Rose Book 3
October 2009

ISBN: 9780778326885

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The Maiden's Hand, (originally published as VOWS MADE IN WINE 1995)
Tudor Rose Book 2
RITA finalist
September 2009

ISBN: 9780778327394

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At the King's Command, (originally published as CIRCLE IN THE WATER 1994)
Tudor Rose Book 1
August 2009

ISBN: 9780778327387

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Ariadne · Post by **Ariadne** » Thu February 11th, 2010, 1:54 am

Kings and queens in the title... yep, that's what sells. I much prefer the originals!

Misfit · Post by **Misfit** » Thu February 11th, 2010, 2:36 am

[quote=""Ariadne""]Kings and queens in the title... yep, that's what sells. I much prefer the originals![/quote]

Yeah, but the backfire when readers end up buying something they already own/have read. Although I guess since they've already made a fast buck they dont' care.

annis · Post by **annis** » Thu February 11th, 2010, 2:44 am

Posted by Ariadne

Kings and queens in the title... yep, that's what sells. I much prefer the originals!

Just noticed that Vanora Bennett's "Figures in Silk" has acquired the title "Queen of Silks"-- maybe this is a US title?

Ariadne · Post by **Ariadne** » Thu February 11th, 2010, 3:24 am

[quote=""annis""]
Just noticed that Vanora Bennett's "Figures in Silk" has acquired the title "Queen of Silks"-- maybe this is a US title?[/quote]

Figures in Silk is the US title too. I think the UK publisher changed the title to Queen of Silks when it came out in paperback there.

Vanessa · Post by **Vanessa** » Thu February 11th, 2010, 8:25 am

Yes, Queen of Silks is the UK title. I have it on my TBR pile.

I have a Susan Wiggs book on my TBR pile, too - The Drifter.

Tanzanite · Post by **Tanzanite** » Thu March 11th, 2010, 12:31 am

Does anyone know anything about books by William Harrison Ainsworth? In my search for obscure books (it's a sickness...) I ran across his name and it looks like he wrote a bunch of "romances" in the mid 1800's. On lark I bought a lot of 5 of them on ebay - very old editions (no year is indicated in any of the books but they were printed "for subscribers only" with beautiful illustrations in them. One of them is about Jane Shore and another about Henry VIII.

annis · Post by **annis** » Thu March 11th, 2010, 12:54 am

Posted by Tanzanite

Does anyone know anything about books by William Harrison Ainsworth?

I haven't read any, but he was a contemporary of Dickens and Bulwer-Lytton, and wrote in the romantic adventure style of Sir Walter Scott, so "romance" here is meant in the original sense. I suspect they might be a bit OTT in style.
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/ainsworth/bio.html

Jemidar · Post by **Jemidar** » Thu March 11th, 2010, 10:00 am

[quote=""Amanda""]It's by Susan Wiggs and is called At the King's Command. It is the first in the Tudor rose series. Has anyone read it, or anything by her? Looks like she is a romance writer.[/quote]

Yes, she's a romance writer and from the blurbs they seem light on historical details and heavy on the romance. There are three in this re-issued series and although I never thought I'd EVER say this about anything remotely Tudor related...I think I'll give these a miss

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I know quite a few people who love and recommend Susan Wiggs' books, but they are avid romance readers so I don't know if they have wider appeal. Never read one myself so I couldn't really say.