The Queen’s Fool

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This book is ideal to read as a class text and perfect for hot-seating and discussing empathy in upper KS2. It will also make a great addition to classroom collections of Tudor topic books.’ Jayne on REVIEW: Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead @Jennie: So Ruth was "Eve" tempting the lascivious snake wit...

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Queen Mary is so often presented as little more than a place holder before the glittering reign of her younger sister Elizabeth. When history talks about her it’s usually as a religious fanatic who turned most of England once and for all away from Catholicism. You give us a more detailed glimpse of a woman who endured remarkable changes of fortune over the course of her life. One who went from beloved daughter to reviled bastard, who saw her devoted mother cast aside, who nearly lost her throne after years of waiting for her chance yet who showed her family’s courage in seizing what was hers from the upstarts who tried to wrest it from her. I have more sympathy for her than I did yet her actions in trying to force one religion on the country reinforce my belief that Church and State definitely need to be separate.A great adventure with wonderful characters that will leave readers on the edge of their seats at the same time as wanting to learn more about the period.’ In 1537, she is noted to be in service of Princess Mary. [4] As well as Jane, Mary also employed Lucretia the Tumbler. [5] Lucretia and Jane are known to have performed together, and Lucretia may have been Jane's minder. [6] A young woman caught in the rivalry between Queen Mary and her half sister, Elizabeth, must find her true destiny amid treason, poisonous rivalries, loss of faith, and unrequited love. I loved the history in this book, for the most part I liked Hannah when she was relating what was happening around her but it ultimately ends up a B.

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History buffs in upper juniors and above will love this. As too will anyone looking for an adventure with unique, brave, and loveable characters.’ Jane Foole, also known as Jane The Foole, Jane, The Queen's Fool, "Jeanne le Fol" or "Jane Hir Fole" ( fl. 1543–1558), was an English court fool (distinct from a jester). She was the fool of queens Catherine Parr and Mary I, and possibly also of Anne Boleyn.

In the accounts of Anne Boleyn, bills for caps supplied to her "female jester" are recorded in 1535–36. [2] The name of this female jester is not mentioned, but may have been Jane. [3] The story was once again a sobering reminder to me of how much freedom I enjoy as a 21st century woman, how unremarkable it is that I can read and write, hold a job, don’t have to walk with my head down or have my father excuse the fact that I’m educated. That I can read the Bible for myself and don’t have to fear practicing my religion. That I can speak freely and not fear being hauled away in the night to torture and interrogation before being burned alive — all in the effort to “save my soul.” These are Hannah’s very real fears and you bring them vividly to life. I also like the fact that since the story is told from the POV of a servant, we get a total picture of life in Tudor England and English Calais before it was retaken by the French. Philippa Gregory's historical novel The Queen's Fool is focused on a female jester active in the court of Mary I, though the fictional character is not called "Jane Foole".