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City of Ladies (The Cross and The Crown Book 2) Kindle Edition

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It’s midwinter in 1539, and Catherine Havens Overton has just given birth to her second child, a daughter. The convent in which she was raised is now part of the Overton lands, and Catherine’s husband William owns the properties that once belonged to her mother’s family. With a son, Robert, and her new daughter, Veronica, Catherine’s life as the mistress of a great household should be complete.Henry VIII’s England has not been kind to many of the evicted members of religious houses, and Catherine has gathered about her a group of former nuns in hopes of providing them a chance to serve in the village of Havenston, her City of Ladies. Catherine’s own past haunts her. Her husband suspects that Catherine’s son is not his child, and his ambitions lie with service at court. Then the women of Overton House begin to disappear, and though one of them is found brutally murdered nearby, William forces Catherine to go to Hatfield House, where the young Elizabeth Tudor lives, to improve the family’s standing—and to ensure, for her own safety, that she is as far away from connections to her old convent as possible. Reluctantly, Catherine obeys, only to find herself serving not only the Protestant Elizabeth but also the shamed Catholic Mary Tudor. As the murders in Yorkshire mount up and her loyalty to the Tudor sisters grows more complicated, Catherine must uncover the secret of the killer and keep her dream of a City of Ladies alive.

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"Filled with drama, suspense, vivid scenes and larger-than-life characters, “City of Ladies” fast becomes impossible to put down. Author Sarah Kennedy is clearly as gifted as her main character, almost supernaturally at home in the 16th century as she combines the striking vocabulary of the time with her own own poetic talents to create a rich and original tapestry of language. Such writing! Sarah Kennedy brings a lost world blazingly to life.”

(Lee Smith, author of "Guests on Earth")

"Sarah Kennedy reanimates lost perspectives of Tudor England in her second story of Catherine, a former nun displaced by Henry’s dissolution of the religious houses. With a scholar’s imaginative sympathy, Kennedy restores humanity to Mary Tudor and the vulnerable women sheltered by Catherine. With a poet’s sensual worldmaking, Kennedy conjures up the textures, temperatures, aromas, and emotions of daily life in a country undergoing dizzying upheavals of beliefs and convictions. In “City of Ladies” Kennedy takes her place with Daphne du Maurier, Anya Seton, Rosemary Sutcliff, and Hilary Mantel as writer of superb historical fiction."

(Suzanne Keen, author of “Empathy and the Novel”)

“Much of a historical novel’s success lies in the author’s ability to accurately cement the story in its time and place, and Kennedy excels in this aspect with detailed descriptions of the daily life of her characters, from clothing to architecture to medicine.…It is not necessary to read the first novel in the series to enjoy this book, but those finding this their first introduction to Catherine will surely search out the first novel to spend more time with this feisty woman in her richly detailed world.” (Foreword Reviews) --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

About the Author

Sarah Kennedy is a professor of English at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia and the author of seven books of poems. She holds a PhD in Renaissance Literature and an MFA in Creative Writing. Sarah has received grants from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the Virginia Commission for the Arts and is currently a contributing editor for Shenandoah. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07QF2K6Q9
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penmore Press LLC (April 2, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 2, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 7929 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1910282626

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Sarah Kennedy was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. A professor of English, she holds a PhD in Renaissance Literature and an MFA in Creative Writing. She is the author of historical fiction set in Tudor England. The Cross and the Crown series begins with The Altarpiece and continues with City of Ladies, The King's Sisters, Queen of Blood, and Worlds End. She is also the author of seven books of poems. When she's not reading mysteries, crime fiction, or historical fiction, Sarah's working in her garden, walking her dog, or experimenting in her kitchen!

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Dara Powers Parker

Bewitched by Catherine, Sister-Come-Lady

Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2017

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I very much enjoyed The Altarpiece, the first book in the series, but I must say, City of Ladies has me most riveted. For four days straight, I held this book in my hands, only to put it down when I absolutely had to! Catherine Havens Overton has become one of my favorite heroines, and I won't forget what her story has revealed to me about the lifestyle of Renaissance women, as well as spirituality, and the value of these things altogether.

Now I am eagerly on to the next book!

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Carol S

Love the Tudor Historical Novels

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2015

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I love all of Sarah Kennedy's books. I loved this entire series. Sarah Kennedy's descriptive writing just pulls you in to the story and keeps you there. The trials and bittersweet victories of the women of this era are laid out at your feet and while I love reading the historical novels, I certainly wouldn't want to live during that time. This series (and each book separately) will keep you reading into the night.

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Kate Hichens

Great historical fiction!

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2019

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I love this book! The historical details really make the story come alive and the characters are well-developed and engaging.

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CCG

Fast read. Short chapters (yay! for short chapters) ...

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2015

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Fast read. Short chapters (yay! for short chapters). I'm ready to see what's in store for Catherine in her next chapter of life.

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2015

It was okay.

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2014

I did not read the first book in this series, The Altarpiece – it’s on my tablet – but I didn’t feel any loss for not having done so. Catherine Overton is a former nun now married to a man of some means who owns the lands where her nunnery was. Her fellow sisters had nowhere to go after Henry VIII took the lands and redistributed them so she gathered them close giving them a place to live and a purpose but the people in the village are suspicious and think their knowledge of ready, writing and healing makes them witches. As they start turning up dead her husband removes her to a place in the service of the young lady Elizabeth – no longer princess as her father has declared her a bastard with the birth of Prince Edward. But Catherine’s ladies keep dying – being murdered if truth be told.

This is a rather dark book with a sense of fear and foreboding hanging over the whole of it. Given the time period I can certainly understand why – Henry VIII wasn’t generally known as a friendly guy. Showing any belief other than the one he espoused could get you arrested and Catherine still held her Catholic upbringing in her heart. She was a highly intelligent woman in a time that didn’t appreciate them.

I found the book to start a bit slowly but by the time I was about a quarter of the way in I was hooked and had a hard time putting it down to go to sleep at night and one night I just didn’t until I finished. Catherine is a fascinating character and I hope to find time to be able to read the first book in the series. This tale ends with the promise of the third book and since we all know what Tudor history brings we know that Catherine has a bit of a minefield ahead as a Catholic leaning woman in a changing world. The plot is complex and my only complaints come in the portrayals of the two princesses – the personalities don’t seem to ring true to what I’ve read in other historical novels. Now Elizabeth is but a five year old child so there is not much to do with her but make her a bit of a brat but Mary was portrayed as a bit of a lunatic. I know she did go a bit off the deep end at the end of her life but I’ve not read much that indicated she was this crazy in the early part of her life.

Overall I enjoyed the mystery and look forward to the third installment.

*I received a free copy for my honest review

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Darlene @ Peeking Between the Pages

Fantastic sequel!

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2014

City of Ladies by Sarah Kennedy is the second novel in The Cross and The Crown series and it doesn’t disappoint and what a fantastic cover! Once again Sarah has outdone herself with a beautifully written novel that transports us back to Tudor England and and a story not to be forgotten!

City of Ladies finds Catherine, a former nun, married now to William with a son Robert and a newly born daughter Veronica. The convent where she grew up and the land it occupied once belonged to Catherine’s family but is now under the ownership of her husband. While Catherine is happily mistress of her own household, her friends and former nuns, were not so lucky. Henry VIII not only destroyed the only sanctuary they had when he took down their convent he also made sure they had nowhere else to go. Of course Catherine could not allow this to happen so she brought them into her own home. Her dream is to build her own City of Ladies and have the nuns serve the community and belong once again but as long as the people believe them to be witches she will never succeed. When the worst happens and the women of the house begin to disappear and turn up dead everyone is left wondering if they are safe… including Catherine.

William, wanting Catherine safe, puts her into the service of the young and Protestant Elizabeth Tudor. At first Catherine believes she will only be serving Elizabeth but soon enough she learns that she will also serve the Catholic Mary Tudor who has been shamed for her beliefs as the war over religious beliefs still goes on. As the murders continue to plague Overton House and others become ill Catherine struggles to find out who is behind the murders before it’s too late.

City of Ladies was a wonderful novel that I had such a hard time putting down. I adored Catherine in the first book The Altarpiece and I sitll do. She is such a strong, caring, and intelligent woman. Unfortunately it just that intelligence that has people thinking her a witch. In the time of Henry VIII a woman who was talented as a healer and intelligent could easily be thought to have evil dwelling within them and hanged and Catherine had to be very careful not to step on the wrong toes, namely Henry VIII. I am already anxiously looking forward to the third book in the series – The King’s Sisters, which is due out in 2015.

Well done Sarah – I loved it! For fans of historical fiction I highly recommend the whole series consisting so far of The Altarpiece and now City of Ladies!

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