by Anne Easter Smith
I love reading about the Plantagenets. From Henry II to Richard III (or even later if we want to include theories about the missing princes), I adore their boldness, ambition, chivalry, and propensity for tragedy. Cecily Neville has always been sort of a background character in everything else that ...
If I am gonna be totally honest I never liked the Neville clan, so to read about Cecily was interesting, and I did like her, most of the time.Cecily Neville is in this book quite lucky as her arranged marriage was wonderful and filled with awesome sex. Got lots of babies too (though maybe she should...
I am having a chuckle over the new recommended reads based upon my shelves. This one popped up on my "California" shelf.
I think I may have read a few too many War of the Roses novels because the current crop of books and authors (the notable exception being [a:Susan Higginbotham|260080|Susan Higginbotham|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1232260330p2/260080.jpg] and her excellent books [b:The Stolen Crown: The Secret Ma...
I was originally going to start with A Rose For The Crown but was suggested that reading this book first would be highly beneficial for understanding the background of characters in subsequent novels.A more complete review is still to come. This book was a bit slower going than I anticipated it woul...
When I was growing up, my mom wanted to be a young adult historical novelist but was stymied by history: women were married at a young age or historical costume styles were far racier than we modern folk are comfortable with (her example was something like ancient Egyptian women had their breasts ex...
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It was nice to read a book set during the War of the Roses, which is an era I'm not well read in. I learned – from the York perspective – much about the events and people surrounding the conflict while reading Queen by Right. The novel is shown in the point of view of Cecily Neville, the wife of Ric...
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