I know very little about Mary Tudor (and what I do know has probably been influenced by this book, honestly). But I've always loved its portrayal of young Elizabeth (my mental picture of which has also probably been influenced by this book). But anyway, I suppose one can't assign to this book all my love of over-the-top all-but-adversarial banter to signify a close/other-self relationship, nor my love of bowing/kneeling/curtseying to signify things that can't be said in words, but it certainly was, shall we say, formative :D And the fairies here are other enough that I cannot read any current fairy YA these days, all of which seem to have fairies who act mostly like immature adolescents.
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Date: 2022-12-30 06:17 am (UTC)I know very little about Mary Tudor (and what I do know has probably been influenced by this book, honestly). But I've always loved its portrayal of young Elizabeth (my mental picture of which has also probably been influenced by this book). But anyway, I suppose one can't assign to this book all my love of over-the-top all-but-adversarial banter to signify a close/other-self relationship, nor my love of bowing/kneeling/curtseying to signify things that can't be said in words, but it certainly was, shall we say, formative :D And the fairies here are other enough that I cannot read any current fairy YA these days, all of which seem to have fairies who act mostly like immature adolescents.