Jana K. reviewed on 5/18/2010 + 4 more book reviews

This is the first book by this author I have read so I had no expectations going into the book. I felt that she did an excellent job bringing in historical information in a very fluent way. There were many tidbits of history and it was most interesting in that respect.

I agree with some of the other reviews that it was a bit hard to follow but that only occurred for the first few pages until you realized the pattern the author established for when there was a character shift in the dialog. After that it wasn't too hard to figure out who was talking.

I also felt that although the book had very little "happy" moments, it well exemplified the times. In the period where heads could roll for the smallest slight to the queen, it was a perilous time. I think that a lighter read would have been "more enjoyable" but not true to the period the book was set.

I must confess by the end of the book I did tire of the same interpersonal problem showing up yet one more time but the "revelation" moment of insight the author used finally drove home the point and it was nice to know it was finally put to rest.

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