by C.W. Gortner
Why, oh why, did I wait so long to read my first Gortner novel? He's long been on my TBR given the non-stop raves I've heard for his other novels, and I fell into mad fangirl love after seeing him speak at the Historical Novel Society conference a few weeks ago. His speech was full of passion for ...
My rating: 3 of 5 starsA copy of The Queen's Vow was provided to me by Random House for review purposes.C.W. Gortner is well known for his historical fiction novels and I have been interested in reading his works for many years. This being my first one, I was impressed. His detailing of Isabella is ...
After my semi rant about there not being enough fiction about Isabella, I was ecstatic when I saw this book. A story from a notable historical fiction author about a woman and her husband who, in a highly patriarchical age, made Spain from to -> ?Yes, please!As this is my first time reading fictio...
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I'm not normally a reader of historical fiction that involves a real person. I normally shy away because there is no way anyone would know what a person was thinking so many years ago. But, I am always up for trying something new. The Queen's Vow is the story of Queen Isabella of Castille and is ...
I could not put this book down! As he did with Juana of Castile in The Last Queen, Gortner has once again taken a historical queen and made her as interesting and exciting as any modern day heroine. It's interesting to me how little I knew of Isabella of Spain; one who was so instrumental in allowi...
Read This Review & More Like It On My Blog!4.5 out of 5The Queen's Vow is a great first introduction to a well-known and well-recommended historical fiction author. I've heard and seen C.W. Gortner's name bandied about frequently as one of the best for compelling, researched and still original novel...
Review to come in June!
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