A Woman of Noble Wit av Rosemary Griggs

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<p><strong>THE COFFEE POT BOOK CLUB, BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2022 - SILVER MEDALS</strong> in each of the following categories - <strong><em>Women¿s Historical Fiction</em></strong>, <strong><em>Historical Romance</em></strong> and for books set in <strong><em>The Tudors, The Stuarts, and The Commonwealth of England</em></strong></p><p>Few women of her time lived to see their name in print. But Katherine was no ordinary woman. She was Sir Walter Raleigh¿s mother. This is her story.</p><p>Set against the turbulent background of a Devon rocked by the religious and social changes that shaped Tudor England; a Devon of privateers and pirates; a Devon riven by rebellions and plots, <strong><em>A Woman of Noble Wit</em></strong> tells how Katherine became the woman who would inspire her famous sons to follow their dreams. It is Tudor history seen though a woman¿s eyes.</p><p>As the daughter of a gentry family with close connections to the glittering court of King Henry VIII, Katherine¿s duty