The Flower Reader
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781848093720 (1848093721)
Publish date: June 21st 2012
Publisher: Preface
Pages no: 357
Edition language: English
This book was such a disappointment. I loved Loupas' book, The Red Lily Crown. I loved how she told tales of the de Medici family and brought Renaissance Italy with all its intrigue to life. Someone who did what she did with the de Medici's should have easily handled Mary, Queen of Scots, and all th...
"Just a small peek.. no one will ever find out." It was those famous last words of her husband Alexander that started Rinette on a long journey, one that she hated and feared all at the same time. After looking into the silver casket that the former queen had entrusted her into giving to her daughte...
This one turned out to be a real surprise for me. I was expecting yet another historical romance, heavy on the sex, low on the research -- and what I got instead was a well-written, well-paced novel set in Mary, Queen of Scots court, and a young lady with plenty of problems. Suddenly widowed and wit...
I really liked this book. I am so impressed by the historical fiction that is being written these days. Pretty much every book is well-written and captivating and The Flower Reader is definitely up there with them.This is the first novel I have read which features Mary, Queen of Scots. I was not ...
If I had to come up with a super pithy summary, I think I'd describe this book as royal intrigue meets CSI, with a fringe of Medium for good measure. Set during the 1560s, the story follows Marina "Rinette" Leslie, a Scottish noblewoman with a gift for floromancy, or the ability to read the future ...
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