Queen of Subtleties
by:
Suzannah Dunn (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9785558676310 (5558676310)
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Edition language: English
I hate to review a book I haven't even finished but in this case it needs to be done. I am adding this book to the very short list of books I started and never finished. That list is now home to three books. I generally force myself to push through to the end of a book no matter how bad or how long ...
I was truly eager to read another novel from Suzannah Dunn and pulled The Queen of Subtleties: A Novel of Anne Boleyn immediately out of my latest shipment of books. Thus far in all my years of devouring all Tudor era historical fiction I had not come across a novel that I could not find anything r...
Ditto to what others have said. The tone was way too modern.I laughed out-loud when Henry told everyone to skedaddle so that he could be alone with Anne. The image in my head was priceless, I doubt it was what the author was intending. Henry is a poor, befuddled mess and thank goodness Anne is there...
I picked up The Queen of Subtleties in the book store and was immediately impressed by the opening lines, written in the voice of Anne Boleyn: "Elizabeth, you'll be told lies about me..." (1). Since I'm a firm believer in a book with a good opening, I picked it up and settled down to read it. I thin...
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