Zachary Kai
This is the fourth instalment in the King’s Fool series, and my introduction to it. The beauty of this book is you can read it without prior knowledge of the characters or the time!
This entertaining, dare I say cozy-esque historical mystery, happens in 1540, during Henry VIII’s disastrous marriage to Anne Of Cleves. His loyal court jester, Will Somers, (who was a real person!) has somehow survived the previous three marriages and is determined for this to be his king’s last.
Except a tempestuous royal, a puzzling romance, a new lover, and courtly intrigue threaten to derail even his best attempts at planning. And then there’s the whole murdered nobleman’s body keeps vanishing and reappearing around the palace thing. What’s a man to do? Investigate, of course.
His relationship with his clever wife is the book’s highlight. It’s also queer in every sense of the word, without falling trap to dressing modern sensibilities in historical language.
With plot twists, a thoughtful protagonist, and careful detail, reading this was sheer delight. Onto the previous books in the series!
I received a copy from the publisher via the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. All opinions are mine alone.
This is the fourth instalment in the King’s Fool series, and my introduction to it. The beauty of this book is you can read it without prior knowledge of the characters or the time!
This entertaining, dare I say cozy-esque historical mystery, happens in 1540, during Henry VIII’s disastrous marriage to Anne Of Cleves. His loyal court jester, Will Somers, (who was a real person!) has somehow survived the previous three marriages and is determined for this to be his king’s last.
Except a tempestuous royal, a puzzling romance, a new lover, and courtly intrigue threaten to derail even his best attempts at planning. And then there’s the whole murdered nobleman’s body keeps vanishing and reappearing around the palace thing. What’s a man to do? Investigate, of course.
His relationship with his clever wife is the book’s highlight. It’s also queer in every sense of the word, without falling trap to dressing modern sensibilities in historical language.
With plot twists, a thoughtful protagonist, and careful detail, reading this was sheer delight. Onto the previous books in the series!
I received a copy from the publisher via the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. All opinions are mine alone.