I've long had my eye on Farquhar's books but his recent Secret Lives of the Tsars was the first I actually read. It really impressed me, more than I'd thought it would, so when I saw this on Hoopla, I had to give it a try because...well Tudors and Hapsburgs = extremely interesting. Perhaps it's t...
Fun and interesting, but it felt like it took a year to read it. Perhaps getting it out of the library wasn't a great idea. Not a book to read on a time constraint. But enjoyable.
Though I've been working my way through this slowly, don't think it was because I found it boring. Quite the reverse, actually. Regrettably, I know little Russian history, so I learned vast amounts from this book. Interesting enough, there was a surprising amount of overlap between this and A Royal ...
**Thank you to Random House and Netgalley for providing this in exchange for an honest review**This was a great introduction to the Romanov dynasty. I'm a little embarrassed to admit the only people I already really knew anything about was Catherine the Great and Anastasia. This was a great book to ...
Disclaimer: ARC read via Netgalley in exchange for a fair review. Perhaps it is unfair to read this book after reading Elephant Company, which was the type of book that made me want to go find everything else by the author. This isn’t the first Farquhar book I’ve read, and last y...
I like history, but more the Tudor period, or the ancients. American History, for the most part, has always somewhat bored me. (Yeah, I know. I am a bad Yank. I did, however, love my local history classes in college).Farquhar is funny. Good short read. I fear very sorry for Ima Hogg. I really...
For some reason I feel compelled to type the following.I loved this book!I want to buy more copies!Farquhar is a genius!I must tell a friend!Looking back over the following sentences, I think I influenced by the chapter on subliminal advertising. That's not to say this book isn't good. It is. Far...
This is a really fun book, lurid and entertaining. Unfortunately, I had to lower the rating because I noted that some of the historical facts about Elizabeth I have been disproved in a number of biographies; I can only imagine how many other inaccuracies there were for the other figures that I am le...
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