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The AlleyOop VariableBounce Trampoline with Enclosure may be just what you need if you are looking for a reliable trampoline that you know will last years. Trampolines have a habit of breaking down after a number of years. Weather can play havoc with the lifetime of a trampoline. Direct sunlight and rain are very tough on anything that is consistently outdoors for an extended period of time. This causes trampoline mats, springs, and frames to degrade fairly quickly (2-3 years). This can often...Read Full Story

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Married at seventeen to the grandson of a confirmed lunatic and widowed at twenty, Catherine Parr chose a Yorkshire lord twice her age as her second husband. Caught up in the turbulent terrors of the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536, she was captured by northern rebels, held hostage and suffered violence at their hands... You might also like: The Other Tudors To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn The Tudor Throne Pray for Reign (an Anne Boleyn novel) Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of KingsRead Full Story

Today I am delighted to host the lovely Kate Emerson, author of the newly released At the King's Pleasure. Thank you, Kate, for honoring The Muse in the Fog Book Review with your presence once again! What Does “At theKing’s Pleasure” Really Mean? by Kate Emerson             "Finding theright title for a novel isn’t always easy. My original title for AT THE KING’SPLEASURE, in stores January 3, 2012, was NO GAME FOR TUDORS, which comes from astatement allegedly made by the 3 rd Duke of...Read Full Story

The history books have cast Katherine of Aragon, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England, as the ultimate symbol of the Betrayed Woman, cruelly tossed aside in favor of her husband’s seductive mistress, Anne Boleyn. Katherine’s sister, Juana of Castile, wife of Philip of Burgundy and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, is portrayed as “Juana the Mad,” whose erratic behavior included keeping her beloved late husband’s coffin beside her for years. But historian Julia Fox, whose...Read Full Story