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From Frankenstein to Perkin Warbeck

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is best known as the author of the classic novel Frankenstein, but as I discovered in the author notes of Pale Rose of England, she also wrote The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck, a novelized version of his life. Shelley is said to have truly believed Warbeck to be the lost prince and even molded her characters to… Read more »

review: Pale Rose of England

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Pale Rose of England by Sandra Worth This is the story of Perkin Warbeck–who was known as the second pretender to the throne of England during the reign of Henry VII–and his wife, Catherine Gordon, the daughter of a respected Scottish noble. Richard (as he was called by his wife and the monarchs of Europe) and Catherine had a promising… Read more »