
The Red Queen
A Novel
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Narrateur(s):
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Bianca Amato
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Auteur(s):
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Philippa Gregory
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Heiress to the red rose of Lancaster, Margaret Beaufort never surrenders her belief that her house is the true ruler of England and that she has a great destiny before her. Her ambitions are disappointed when her sainted cousin, Henry VI, fails to recognize her as a kindred spirit, and she is even more dismayed when he sinks into madness. Her mother mocks her plans, revealing that Margaret will always be burdened with the reputation of her father, one of the most famously incompetent English commanders in France. But worst of all for Margaret is when she discovers that her mother is sending her to a loveless marriage in remote Wales.
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It's very sad that Margaret couldn't raise her own son
She is always angry and resentful...who wouldn't be?
Its starts to get interesting at chapter 21
Especially
When Margaret says King Edward marries a nobody 😂
Overall well done, the time was captured perfectly I think.
Excellent Narration and Story
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The Red Queen is an interesting tale by Philippa Gregory that follows Margaret Beaufort and her journey to become Margaret R, mother to the true King of England.
While I wish I could say I loved this as much as The Lady of the Rivers (I mistakenly thought this was the second book in the series), it would not be true. This book makes a strong third book in the Plantagenet and the Tudors series but it fails to be as compelling as the first book until about 2/3rds of the way through.
Bianca Amato does a great job but unfortunately there are two sections in which there is a random change in perspective that really throws off the narrative pacing. If there were a production score category I would not penalize the performance score.
This is an interesting piece of the series but Margaret becomes more and more of an unlikeable character as the book progresses without a lot of focus on this point. I would have liked to see the character brought to task for her unfailingly large ego and righteousness.
She Stood Before God...
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I love medieval history
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Margaret is a thoroughly unlikeable character and it's hard to feel anything for her other than irritation, she's just that awful. She may well have been this bad in reality but including some redeeming characteristics would have been nice.
There are also several chapters in the last part of the book where they change narrators for no reason and without explanation. It's jarring and takes you out of the story.
Overall I don't recommend this book. You can easily get a sense of Margaret from the other books in the series and they cover this part of history as well. Keep your credit for another book.
An awful woman and mediocre story. Save your credit.
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