15th century Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/15th-century/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Thu, 08 Jun 2023 22:04:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg 15th century Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/15th-century/ 32 32 38398750 Lady Tan’s Circle of Women https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/06/lady-tans-circle-of-women/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/06/lady-tans-circle-of-women/#respond Fri, 09 Jun 2023 07:39:02 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17619 Lisa See’s depictions of the women of China and Southeast Asia have always been entertaining and educational reading so I was pleased to hear about her new novel, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women. Set in 15th century China it’s the story of one of China’s first female doctors. Yunxian Tan is a little girl when, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/06/lady-tans-circle-of-women/feed/ 0 17619 Joan: A Novel by Katherine J. Chen https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/08/joan-a-novel-by-katherine-j-chen/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/08/joan-a-novel-by-katherine-j-chen/#respond Mon, 15 Aug 2022 04:10:56 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16882 Fresh week and time to really start sharing my summer reading. I’m coming in hot with a 5-star novel that is on track to be a favorite of the year. It’s Joan by Katherine Chen. The novel is about Joan of Arc, but is cast from the same mold as renderings of great men from […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/08/joan-a-novel-by-katherine-j-chen/feed/ 0 16882 The Kingmaker’s Daughter https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/08/the-kingmakers-daughter/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/08/the-kingmakers-daughter/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:06:00 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=2048   I’ve already professed my love for the work of Philippa Gregory so I’ll keep this brief. I reviewed The White Princess two weeks ago which chronicles the end of The Cousins’ War and the beginning of the Tudor dynasty. That was book five in the series, which I read knowing I had missed book […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/08/the-kingmakers-daughter/feed/ 0 2048 The White Princess https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/08/the-white-princess/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2013/08/the-white-princess/#comments Fri, 02 Aug 2013 07:08:30 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=1990 I’m going to begin with full disclosure: I love the work of Philippa Gregory. I first read her novel, The Other Boleyn Girl, and from there was hooked on the early history of England. After several books she completed her narrative on the later history of the Tudors and moved to a less-known time, the […]

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