I'm a sucker for historical fiction, but it's rare that I read a book about British Royalty because, to be perfectly honest, the large character lists with their similar names and titles, scare the pants off me. In fact, The White Queen has sat on my shelves, unread, for about three years and it wa...
I really don't know what to say about this book. So let's start with a short story. One day, I was sitting in my room with my laptop. It was hot, and sweaty─mostly because my laptop was heating up and burning through my lap. I opened 'Google Chrome' because that's how I roll, and I typed in the URL ...
2.5 Stars. I bumped it to three because it got me looking up facts and learning things. Books that make me learn are (generally) a good thing.So bonus cookies to Philippa Gregory for writing from a woman's perspective. I do love that we get the forgotten/less-noted viewpoint represented. It's fu...
Okay, so I lied when I said I had no idea why I was reading this. :PI read it because it is being adapted into a TV Show starring Max Irons! . (Hear that, girls?)Historical fiction -that too romance- is not my thing, not at all. I've tried my hands on quite a few historical books but ended up likin...
Historically accurate. The descriptions of battles and court life -life in general- were the best parts of the book. I found it hard to relate to the MC, but grew to like her in the end.
First, I must admit that I am stepping out of my area of historical concentration I have long meant to discover more about England’s War of the Roses and especially Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII. However, Philippa Gregory begins her series on the women of the Wars with The White Queen. Th...
I'm not sure how accurate this book is. That is because most of the history that is portrayed here is legend. However, in spite of that, this is a very believable book. I somehow managed to feel sympathy for these power hungry characters. I understood their motivations. The side stories and back sto...
Well written, but boy can it be dry at times. Unfortunately, I felt that our main protagonist Elizabeth didn't seem to have much of a personality, and given everything in history that happened to her and her family, I was expecting a lot more feeling out of her character. This is a good book, though...
I read Sharon Kay Penman's Sunne in Splendour just before I read this and it was an interesting contrast. Two very different writing styles and very different viewpoints, but both good reads in their own way. Though I did prefer the Penman book and intend to read another of her books next.
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