Helpful Score: 3
This was my first book by Ms Penman. I actually bought it for a dollar off a sales table many years ago.
Since then, I have recommended it to more people than I could possibly count. The very best historical fiction, the author takes the real facts of these medieval people, and weaves an unforgettable story that draws you in and carries away your imagination to another continent and another time.
In Ms Penman's books, her characters are REAL. You love with them, hate with them, grieve with them, go to war with them.
And she did the impossible: she made me care about King John, the guy who's been depicted as evil all these centuries, without holding back from telling any of his faults.
Since then, I have recommended it to more people than I could possibly count. The very best historical fiction, the author takes the real facts of these medieval people, and weaves an unforgettable story that draws you in and carries away your imagination to another continent and another time.
In Ms Penman's books, her characters are REAL. You love with them, hate with them, grieve with them, go to war with them.
And she did the impossible: she made me care about King John, the guy who's been depicted as evil all these centuries, without holding back from telling any of his faults.
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