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Other Queen by: Philippa Gregory List Price: CDN$ 29.95 City Travel Guides Price: CDN$ 18.87 You Save: CDN$11.08 (37%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9780007190348 ISBN: 0007190344 Label: Harper Collins Canada Manufacturer: Harper Collins Canada Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: August 28, 2008 Publisher: Harper Collins Canada Studio: Harper Collins Canada Sales Rank: 1231 Related Items:
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 Rating: - The Other Queen To be honest, I was truly disappointed in this novel. I am a very big fan of Philippa Gregory's as well as historical fiction. I forced myself to finish reading it as I had waited months for this book! I would suggest that those readers interested in Mary, Queen of Scots, to read Margaret George's Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles. It provides much more information on Mary, not just her last days as a prisoner of Queen Elizabeth. Rating: - Hardship, hardship, hardship...Did anyone else feel like they were stuck on repeat while reading this book? While jumping back and forth between the 3 characters who are telling the story, it seems the author forgot she needed to move the plot along as well. Yes, we understand Bess made herself from nothing, worked hard to get where she did, blah, blah, blah. And Mary was a queen under the divine eye of god, her body was sacred, blah, blah, blah. Readers are not stupid, we do not need these facts beat into us in every chapter. The repetition made this book tedious and boring. As an avid reader of any tudor-era novel, I would say this is one of the worst. Which is sad, since some of this author's previous work is fantastic, and definately worth checking out. Try "The ... Read More: Rating: - Very Disappointing!!!I was so looking forward to this books release, but after reading it, I am very disappointed. The book is written in the style of the Boleyn Inheritance, from the perspective of 3 people: Bess of Hardwick, George Talbot, and Mary, Queen of Scots. I feel this wasn't the way to go with Mary's story. Having a little background on Mary's life, the book would have been better told about her life before being held captive by Queen Elizabeth. I know the author was trying to show the hardships of the Talbots, having to house the Queen, and the troubles she brought them. While also trying to show Mary's struggles at re-claiming her throne, but Mary is such a fascinating woman in her own right, and I believe she deserved a better story focusing on only ... Read More: Rating:  - Not as good as her other books.The bottom line is - this book is just not as good as her others. It's not a complete waste of time - but I had a hard time finishing it, as I lost interest half way through. Rating: - Not As Good as her othersI was really disappointed with this novel. Ms. Gregory seems to be trying to keep up with her past success and not really writing a spell binding novel. I suggest her other writings far more interesting and well written. |
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