Roses in the Tempest: A Tale of Tudor England, by Jeri Westerson
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A KING. A KNIGHT. A PRIORESS. In 16th century England, Isabella Launder little realizes the twists and turns her life is about to take as she surrenders herself to a small nunnery in order to forget her unrequited love of the courtier Thomas Giffard. She must learn--along with her sisters in Christ--the true nature of faith and survival, withstanding passionate jealousies, intrigues, and the emerging threats to the Church itself as one by one the monasteries are dissolved. Inspired by the true lives of Isabella Launder and Thomas Giffard and set amid the onrushing storm of Henry VIII's break with Rome, obsession opposes faith in this tale of a wealthy knight and the last prioress of Blackladies convent. Historical Novel Society Review says: “It is a wonderful, utterly involving performance – very strongly recommended.” Reading the Past Blog says: “Roses in the Tempest is decidedly different fare from Jeri Westerson’s previous release,Cup of Blood, a fast-moving and suspenseful medieval mystery…However, while less action-oriented, it’s just as engaging, and the contrast in styles demonstrates her versatility as a writer.”
Roses in the Tempest: A Tale of Tudor England, by Jeri Westerson- Amazon Sales Rank: #1156755 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-30
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .74" w x 5.50" l, .83 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 294 pages
About the Author L.A. native Jeri Westerson created her disgraced knight turned detective for her Crispin Guest Medieval Noir series. She also writes historical fiction, her latest being THOUGH HEAVEN FALL and ROSES IN THE TEMPEST. See excerpts, blogs, and her medieval mystery series book trailer, at JeriWesterson.com
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Excellent Historical Novel!!! By Constance S. Sabo-risley This excellent historical novel is set in the reign of Henry VIII, and while he appears in the narrative from time to time, the focus is on the complicated relationship between Isabella Launder, daughter of a local yeoman farmer, and Thomas Giffard, son of the local lord.Is it friendship? Love? In any case, the two are socially mismatched and develop separate lives, she as a nun and then prioress of a small, poor convent and he as a married man with dynastic concerns. Their relationship plays out over several decades, always against the backdrop of Henry VIII's own dynastic concerns and, ultimately, the dissolution of England's religious houses.Westerson always brings a strong concern for historical accuracy to her novels, along with a dedication to crafting believable characters who may not always be sympathetic but who manage to stay true to their beliefs. On this novel, she achieves both goals by letting the two main characters tell the story in alternating first-person chapters. At first, I thought the constant shift in narrators would be a bit annoying; but the characters are so well-crafted that the transitions became not only seamless but also anticipated.All in all, Roses in the Tempest is an engaging book on every level.I also recommend Westerson's Crispin Guest (disgraced knight) historical mysteries and her other medieval stand-alone novel Though Heaven Fall - all good stories backed by solid historical research.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. From the Medieval to the Tudor By The Fountain Pen Diva Once more fangirling over Jeri Westerson! And she signed my copy of this book at the L.A. Times Festival of Books! Woo hoo! I made a point of making sure she was going to be there because I missed her last year.Coherent review to come.Okay, I'm coherent now. Somewhat.Firstly, this book needs to be a movie. Netflix get to work! Now. Then again, Ms. Westerson's Crispin Guest novels need to be a miniseries like STAT. Hmm, need to work on the dreamcast.Roses in the Tempest is that kind of immersive historical fiction novel that I hated to see end. I loved everything about it. Then again, I'm a Tudor/Elizabethan junkie anyway so this book hit all my happy spots (even if this one didn't treat Anne Boleyn fairly). Still, this unusual tale of friendship and love (which is based on a true story nonetheless) between two very unlikely people--Isabella Launder, the daughter of a yeoman landowner and Thomas Gifford, a courtier in the court of King Henry VIII kept me up until the wee hours of the dawn. Be warned, this love story as it were isn't a typical one since Isabella becomes a nun rather than marry a man she does not love or a man she cannot have. Thomas marries twice but is still very drawn to the outspoken Isabella who was the most authentic soul he'd ever known.What I really loved was the other nuns at Blackladies priory, each of them with their own backstories and burdens. Strange as it might seem, I actually had a lot of sympathy for Dame Cristobell as the story progressed. These were strong women and self-sufficient who truly cared for the poor and who lived as close to poverty as was possible, despite Thomas and his family being their benefactors.Unfortunately, this being set in the reign of Henry VIII and his break with the Catholic Church in order to put aside Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn, it means that Blackladies, like all of the abbeys and priors in England, will end us dissolved and their assets confiscated by the king. Isabella and her fellow nuns quickly learn to navigate the treacherous waters of Henry's rule, waters which have already drowned his closest friend and advisor, Sir Thomas More. Add to that, Isabella and Thomas--so near yet so far. Despite time and tide, theirs is a love that lasted through the tempests. It's a love that both struggle to understand.Ms. Westerson is better known for her Crispin Guest series of medieval noir, but Roses in the Tempest brings her brilliant attention to detail and interesting characters to the realm of Tudor England.By the way Ms. Westerson, I have absolutely no intent upon accepting a proposal from Bluff King Hal. I know how doing so is potential career suicide, lol.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. ...of friendship and love, of power and pettiness! By eyes.2c Jeri Westerson does it again! Another wonderful piece of writing. A novel that looks at the other side of Henry VIII's destruction of places of religion, the pettiness and politics involved. The real hardship for those religious folks who had been cloistered for many years and then torn from all they knew and forced back into a society that they had been apart from for so long.Partly also a love story, of love known too late. A story of women as bargaining chips in the building of power and political alliances, and of enduring friendship. Isabella Launder is a woman of courage with a will of steel, daughter of a local yeoman farmer.Sir Thomas Gifford is at first the arrogant courtier who is her friend, then a would be lover, would be husband, and lastly a long term supporter and friend.I had little idea that some nunneries were so small. This one contained only four women and their servants and confessor. Neither did I realize that the roofs of the buildings were pulled off to stop the exiled from returning. (All those roofless religious ruins I've visited in England come even more alive for me after reading this.) Certainly at the end of the novel we see the spitefulness of the newly come to power at work.The turning out of these women brought tears to my eyes, particularly as you remember the struggles they had to adjust to each other and grow together as a community. What a time of fear for these folk, fear of their future and welcome outside the walls they had long called home.I loved the title: Roses in the Tempest. The allusion fittingly recalls and sums up so much. When I re-looked at the title, I thought about it for a time, and then simply said, 'Ah, Yes! ' And then I contemplated some more about roses, about the Tudor Rose, Henry and the religious tempest of the times that swept through England, the emotional tempest that their relationship brings to Thomas and Isabella, the simple pleasure of the rose growing strongly and surviving in Isabella garden, of Isabella's strength and fragility, and so much more.I keep humming, 'Where have all the flowers gone, longtime passing, longtime ago,' as I think about this work. At some level the line from that song resonates for me with the fate of the religious at this time and the questions this novel brings into focus.This time in English history of wholesale destruction of an important way of life comes alive under Westerson's magical pen.
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