tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post3136228480212150438..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: A Thought for Edward VI on a Difficult Day for HimDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-4619751240695545402015-03-20T14:13:22.611-07:002015-03-20T14:13:22.611-07:00But thinking about it, he was a Protestant fanatic...But thinking about it, he was a Protestant fanatic - who knows what wars he would have had to fight over his treatment of Catholics if he'd lived longer? Maybe it would have been "Bloody Edward" instead of "Bloody Mary"?Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-67980717975130561842015-03-20T14:10:14.153-07:002015-03-20T14:10:14.153-07:00There was actually a YA fantasy novel in which a m...There was actually a YA fantasy novel in which a modern girl is whisked into Edward's time, figures that his problem is allergies and helps him with this. Unfortunately, he grows up a lot like his father, Elizabeth never becomes Queen and our heroine returns to her own time to find everyone speaking Spanish! ;-) She has to go back and fix it, which sadly means he has to die, though she dies take Barnaby Fitzpatrick back with her(it was a teen romance, after all...)Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-66188579353101745472015-03-20T08:42:46.809-07:002015-03-20T08:42:46.809-07:00I always felt sorry for him, but then who knows wh...I always felt sorry for him, but then who knows what sort of adult king he would have made.Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909417504496472472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-49821060092344984272015-03-20T07:04:41.920-07:002015-03-20T07:04:41.920-07:00I often wonder what it would have been like had he...I often wonder what it would have been like had he lived and grew into the kingship.<br />I think many of the men who influenced him, or tried to, would have been goners!Donna Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11491130884085643521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-26377451102146505762015-03-20T05:12:47.431-07:002015-03-20T05:12:47.431-07:00Yes. Edward VI is all too often over-looked in boo...Yes. Edward VI is all too often over-looked in books about the Tudors that focus on his more flamboyant and terrifying father, his vengeful and competent sisters, and of course his many step-mothers.Helena P. Schraderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-54262785093379174442015-03-20T00:09:57.301-07:002015-03-20T00:09:57.301-07:00Hi: I enjoy reading this post !! Thank you !!! <...Hi: I enjoy reading this post !! Thank you !!! <3Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07233308131710832962noreply@blogger.com