Exit the Actress
by:
Priya Parmar (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781616887223 (1616887222)
Publish date: February 1st 2011
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Pages no: 446
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Womens,
17th Century
This is an entertaining book about the life of Nell Gwyn, favorite mistress of Charles II of England. It moves briskly, covering 8 years of her life and introducing a large number of characters from the royal court. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it as a good light read, with the added bonu...
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A little over a month ago, I had the pleasure of attending Miss Parmar's book reading/signing at a Barnes and Noble bookstore, where she autographed my copy of this book. Prior to reading this book, all I knew about Nell Gwyn was that she was a famous actress in her day and the mistress of King Cha...
Although my usual is to read books that are mostly told from one perspective, I have read a couple of historical fiction books before that tell the story from the perspective of several characters. Most of them alternate the viewpoints by chapter. What is really different about this book is the use ...
I am loving this book. In my heart of hearts, I believe we are seeing the start of the next Phillipa Gregory, one of my favorite writers. I am having a bit of difficulties with the diary style of writing, but the authentic language makes up for it. So often, authors take such disgusting liberties wi...
14 years ago
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