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by Sharon Kay Penman

Merle rated it

14 years ago

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I usually shy away from historical fiction starring real people, finding that such books are often dry--that, or widely derided for inaccuracy. This is one of those rare books that is neither, that is thoroughly researched but never reads like biography; the characters and their inner lives and rela...

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Michelle CH rated it

15 years ago

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I loved this book;one of the reasons I enjoy reading historical fiction is because of the opportunity to sink into a time period and know that the events and characters are drawn from what really occurred. Penman does this exceeding well and I could not put this book down until I had read it to the ...

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Telynor's Library, and then some rated it

15 years ago

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A wonderful, beautifully written story that really happened. Set in the times of Richard I and John, this tells the story of Llywelyn Fawr, Prince of Gwynedd, and his marriage with Joanna, the bastard daughter of King John. It is passionate, full of real history, and plenty of emotional punch. I hav...

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By Singing Light rated it

15 years ago

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by Sharon Kay PenmanRemember when I read A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver and ended by saying that "I’d like to read a more thorough biography of Eleanor [of Aquitaine:]"? Yes, well now I really want to read a biography. This book, the first of a trilogy ended up on my TBR list under circumst...

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Melody Murray's Books rated it

18 years ago

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Llewelyn the Great and the Welsh, mostly through the eyes of Joanna, daughter of King John, wife of Llewelyn. Very complex, interesting and well-written. I need a much firmer grounding in the events of the 13th century, though.

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Kaethe rated it

25 years ago

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Ah, I liked the differences between the English and the Welch.

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