When I first visited
Roxanne’s Realm in preparing for my blog tour, I couldn’t help but notice that
it was a happy home for literature that was on the erotic side. ‘Six of One’ is
a historical comedy, and can’t boast much in the way of the erotic. It does, however, have its share of saucy,
sexy, and sassy dialogue. So, for all
you sexy people out there…my Top Ten Favorite Risqué Quotes from ‘Six of One, a
Tudor Riff’.
#10
On the question of size mattering
‘“Your Cleva reminds
me of one of our earlier lady guests, Dolly. Mistress Ava Gardner was so
worldly and such a beauty! She told us that her favorite husband, Francis Albert, weighed one hundred
and ten pounds, and that one hundred of those pounds were…you know. I always wondered how he could stand upright, let alone
walk.” No doubt about it; Jane Seymour hadn’t just fallen out of the stupid
tree; she had hit every branch on the way down.
“I always
wondered how—well, never mind what I always
wondered!” said Catherine Howard.
“Size isn’t everything, you know,” said
Anne of Cleves.
I have always been a
firm believer that size does matter but was willing
to concede that there could be mitigating factors.’
#9
A Little Something
Both Fast and Loose
‘If implants came
with odometers, Kitty’s would probably have been reaching the
hundred-thousand-mile mark around then.’
#8
The Scoop on The
Other Boleyn Girl from her sister, Anne.
‘Codpieces were all that my sister Mary was interested in.’
#7
A word on Tudor foundation
garments.
‘“It wasn’t just your son who appreciated
your efforts. Everyone at court spoke highly of you. Everyone, that is, except
the Spanish ambassador.”
“The Spanish ambassador? What had he to
say?”
“He said that you reminded him of a Spanish
farthingale because you were—pardon my language—‘hard-assed and difficult to
get around.’”
“The Spanish ambassador, faugh! The man
was like a padded codpiece—all puffed up, but really small stuff on the
inside.”
“The king didn’t like the man either. So
obsequious! He said the Spanish ambassador was like his doublet and hose—always
up his ass.”
I am sure you know, gentle reader, how it
is when you just cannot smother a laugh. Even if you manage to maintain
silence, the spasms give you away. My cover was blown, and the long night was
about to begin in earnest.’
#6
Aaaaand Another Word
on Tudor Foundation Garments
‘“Perhaps it was
Francis Dereham, then? He was the boy fiancé you jilted when marriage to Henry
loomed large. It would have been just like ‘Lyin’ Eyes.’ The rich, old man, the fiery boy, the falling
together…”
“I had several
grass-stained bumrolls to show for the times Dereham and I fell together—and
one other thing, as well.”’
#5
A Special Delivery
‘“Then perhaps the
love of your life was Thomas Culpepper. The attractions of a simpatico young
man when your husband is old enough to be your grandpa would be considerable.
It would be just like The Postman Always Rings Twice.”
Catherine informed me
that my second guess was also in error. “Wrong on Culpepper being the love of
my life, Dolly, but spot on about his ‘postman’—to use your
word for it—always ringing twice. In fact, three or four
times was not unusual.”’
#4
Mountin’ of Love?
‘“Then guess, Dolly, why I was an
untouched wife, relict of an unconsummated marriage—like a beloved sister, and
nothing more, to Henry VIII.”
Since political
correctness was not around in Tudor times, Henry VIII had blamed it squarely on
the woman before me being a “Flanders mare.” He alleged that Anne had flabby
breasts and belly, and that these were insurmountable—or should I say
“unmountable”—obstacles to consummation.’
#3
The Gaydar Quote
‘“The guest that Jane Seymour has
misquoted, Dolly, was called Mistress Marlene Dietrich. Contrary to what I am
sure you are thinking, Mistress Marlene understood my situation quite well. You
see, she was a lesbian, too.”’
#2
Wick-ed Ways
We stole away every day, sometimes twice a
day, whenever and wherever we could, to do the deed.”
“You burned the candle at both ends.”
“Well, yes. Tom thought it would increase
my chances of conceiving if he did not limit himself to taking me from the
front.”
“Way too much
information, Jane!”
“Pardon my waxing nostalgic.”
“Pun intended?”
“What pun?”
“Never mind.”
#1
Burning Love
‘“I entrusted them to the care of an
Italian priest, one Father Carbonariis. He had quite the crush on me as well,
back in the day, but he was a man of the cloth, so we never pursued it.”
“You preferred your admirers afar to
afire, didn’t you, Margaret?”
“I wouldn’t say I
preferred them that way; quite the opposite, in fact. But I had a job to do,
and men are of a lot more use all whipped up than they are basking in
afterglow.’
I hope you enjoyed
basking in a little Tudor afterglow from ‘Six o One’. It’s the most fun you can have with your
nightdress on!
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A Chick Who Reads
Six of One, a Tudor Riff
JoAnn Spears
Genre: Historical fiction, satire, women's fiction, chick lit, alternative history, historical fantasy
ASIN: B006OPKZE6
Number of pages: 304
Word Count: 79,000
Book Description:
“Six of One” is the ultimate ‘girls’ night in’…with the six wives of Henry VIII. It’s the most fun you can have with your nightdress on! Join Dolly, the Tudor-obsessed heroine of “Six of One”, on a Yellow Brick Road journey to the alternate reality of an all-girl Tudor court.
It all begins when Dolly loses consciousness on the eve of her marriage to the six-times- divorced Harry. She awakens in the company of the Tudor women she’s studied all her life. They have a mission to accomplish, and Dolly may be just the girl who can help them do it.
As a warm-up to her life-changing interview with the six wives of Henry VIII, Dolly gets to dish with lots of the other fascinating females of the Tudor era. She learns things she never guessed about the Princes in the Tower from their sister, Elizabeth of York…Henry VIII’s mom. She talks sex with Henry’s sisters and scholarship with his daughters. She even gossips with the help, since Kat Ashley and Bess of Hardwicke are among the ladies on hand.
Of course the heart of the story is in Dolly’s interview with the six wives of Henry VIII. It turns out there’s something to each of the wives’ stories that’s been held back all this time. You won’t believe what really happened…or will you?
“Six of One” offers no tragedy, no excuses, and no apologies. It does have lots of broad humor, not to mention tons of puns. And—for a change—a happy ending
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About the Author:
JoAnn Spears spent a lot of time trying to figure out whether she wanted to major in English or History in college. Life stepped in, and she wound up with a Master’s Degree in Nursing instead. A twenty-five year nursing career didn’t extinguish that early interest in books and history. It did however stoke a decidedly gallows sense of humor.
The story of the six wives of Henry VIII was JoAnn’s favorite piece of history. She read the classic variations and the feminist variations, the tragic spins and the vindicating spins. She witnessed the success of the pop culture, soft-core Tudor offerings of recent vintage. It occurred to her that the one thing that hadn’t been brought to a full length novel about the Tudors was a gallows sense of humor. The Tudors certainly qualified for it, and JoAnn had plenty to spare.
The first ‘real’ book JoAnn ever read was “The Wizard of Oz”. She returned to the Yellow Brick Road for inspiration for a new kind of Tudor novel, and “Six of One” was born.
“Six of One” was begun in JoAnn’s native New Jersey. It was wrapped up in her new Smoky Mountain home in northeast Tennessee, where she is pursuing a second career as a writer. She has, however, obtained a Tennessee nursing license because a) you never stop being a nurse and b) her son Bill thinks she should be sensible and not quit her day job.
While “Six of One” is a different kind of historical fiction novel, JoAnn is a downright stereotypical lady author. She admits to all of the cats, flower beds, needlework, and obsessive devotion to Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott that you’d expect.
Twitter: @joannspearsrn
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So happy to pit-stop at Roxanne's Realm!
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