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Died on this day in 978 aged 16 King Edward the Martyr (my toy,wikipedia). Another early king. The identity of Edward's mother is uncertain, and the succession was disputed with his brothers, he was later murdered possibly by his half brothers or step-mother and was succeeded by one of the half brothers.

Born on this day in 1496 to King Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, Mary Tudor (my toy,wikipedia). Mary was married to the King of France, who was much older than her and died soon after the marriage, she married Brandon for love and without the King's permission (he was rather cross, having intended to sell her hand for diplomatic gain), for which treason they were heavily fined.

Reading Wednesday

Finished:
Rapture (Kameron Hurley) and Dance Til Dawn (Genevive Griffin). Both of these were very good reads. Rapture is the 3rd and final installment of the Bel Damme Apocrypha trilogy, I wouldn't recommend you start with it, but I have enjoyed the whole trilogy - a very interesting setting, and lots of adventuring. Dance Til Dawn is rather shorter (less than 100 pages) and is a retelling of the fairytale with the 12 dancing princesses, but told from the perspective of a palace seamstress.


Current:
Alif the Unseen (G Willow Wilson). Borrowed in physical form from Richard. Not really got into it yet. The author is a female American convert to Islam, about whom I had not previously heard, but apparently this is only because I don't follow comics at all as she has made quite a stir with the new Ms Marvel (which is probably great, but I don't follow comics so have no personal opinion).

Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook to traveling upon the Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway (Terry Pratchett, presumably with some help). I don't think Sir Terry really counts towards "read diverse authors" although for the last few years he has been progressively disabled by Alzheimer's, but I hadn't read this one yet, and was all sad about his being dead. Also in physical form since it is illustrated.

(Oh that reminds me I read the Complet Ankh-Morpork just after Christmas, and maybe that was in the New Year. I had it in physical form as a gift, so it wasn't on my "have read" list on the ereader).


Next:
Not sure. I've got "Girl in the Dark" which was recommended by Women's Hour and the Crusades Through Arab Eyes which has been recommended by several people.