highly enjoyable book with a lot of history told through a fictional story
received from Jen B.-- thanks J!

from back cover:
"Tudor England is a perilous place for booksellers Kate Gough and her brother, John, who sell forbidden translations of the Bible. After John is imprisoned, Kate finds herself caught between two equally dangerous camps: English Catholics opposed to the Lutheran reformation, and Henry Vlll's growing impatience with the pope's refusal to sanction his marriage to Anne Boleyn. Refusing to be daunted, Kate embarks on a daring adventure that will lead her into a dangerous marriage and a web of intrigue that pits her against powerful enemies.
"From the king's lavish banquet halls to the secret dungeons and inner sanctums of Thomas More, Brenda Rickman Vantrease's glorious new novel illuminates the public pageantry and the private passions of men and women of conscience in treacherous times."