City Travel Guides
Home Page > Go back a page
Books : Innocent Traitor
Search Books - select a category
See Larger Image |
Innocent Traitor by: Alison Weir List Price: £6.99 City Travel Guides Price: £4.89 You Save: £2.10 (30%)Prices subject to change. |
|
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780099493792 ISBN: 0099493799 Label: Arrow Books Ltd Manufacturer: Arrow Books Ltd Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: June 07, 2007 Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd Studio: Arrow Books Ltd Sales Rank: 1156 Related Items:
Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Sadly disappointedHistory is my favorite subject and this author came highly recommended. This is the first book I have read by her and was extremely disappointed. It lacked a true atmosphere of the time,that this was set in. I really could not picture any exacutioner, living during Mary's reign, thinking the thoughts that this author had written. The terminology was all wrong, the dialogue sounded 1970's. The characters all appeared wishy washy. It is far more a type of Barbara Cartland for the history lover, than any serious attempt to understand or explain how these events really played out. It is an easy light read, ideal for train travel or just before going to sleep. The Tudor/War of the Roses have been far ... Read More: Rating:  - Suspenseful even with a well-known endingAlison Weir is a respected historian who is often recommended as an antidote to inaccurate representations in historical fiction as written by other authors. This is her first novel, and what a novel it is. I was entranced from the first line, and even though I knew how it was going to end, I still hoped that there would be a change at some point near the end. That's the sign of a good writer - someone who can write so compellingly and with such suspense that you hope they can even change historical facts for you. Lady Jane Grey was a pawn in the ambition of her parents and of the Duke of Northumberland, almost from the moment she was born. Never forgiven for the cardinal sin of being born female, she was beaten and tortured into becoming ... Read More: Rating: - An Excellent Book into a Intresting WomanHaving known very little about the main character this book is based on, Lady Jane Grey, it was a refreshing and intresting read. I've been a fan of Philippa Gregory's book's but this surpasses them by leaps and bounds. The characters are very much three dimension each with flaws. A previous reviewer had made the comment that Jane was too perfect, which I didn't find. To me she was flawed in the fact that she was too dogmatic in her views on religion, but this in itself was, at least to me, a form of rebelion against her parents. It was their disappointment in Jane and their ambition for power that ultimately led to her downfall. The author has obviously done her homework and research and by intertwining known facts with certain ... Read More: Rating:  - good but nothing specialOk so I really liked the whole concept of this story, as soon as I got the book I thought it was some thing special. I enjoyed the layout of being able to see the events taking place from various perspectives. But I feel the book and the protagonist is weak. I felt that at points Jane was too perfect and that it seemed like Alison weir had forgotten she was just a girl of 16 who would have had other hopes beyond religion and studies although I have not researched Jane so I would not know but I simply could not see her as a human. I did however enjoy her mother who seemed like a much more interesting and well developed character. I also disliked Jane's "wedding night" I felt the whole scene was unnecessary and very depressing, at points it became unbearable to ... Read More: Rating: - First Class Historical FictionAlison Weir is a much read and much respected historian with a string of non fiction books to her name. She is widely known for her biographical books about British Royalty. She lives in Surrey with her two children, John and Kate. Innocent Traitor is the first novel that Alison Weir has written and I am not sure whether it was a conscious effort on her part or a brave move to write about one of the lesser known characters of English history. Whatever the reason the author has brilliantly captured the feel of the Tudor period. A time when the country was in turmoil following the death of Henry VIII. Lady Jane Grey was the victim of scheming and dominant parents who used her like a pawn in a game of chess. Although of royal blood Lady ... Read More: |
|