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The Red Queen
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
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The Lady of the Rivers
- Written by: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 109
Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight. As a child visiting her uncle, she met his prisoner, Joan of Arc, and saw her own power reflected in the young woman accused of witchcraft. They share the mystery of the tarot card of the wheel of fortune before Joan is taken to a horrific death. Jacquetta understands the danger for a woman who dares to dream. Jacquetta is married to the Duke of Bedford, English regent of France, and he introduces her to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting!
- By CassandraG on 2019-04-17
Written by: Philippa Gregory
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The Constant Princess
- Written by: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Samantha Bond
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4 out of 5 stars 16
As a little girl Katherine of Aragon was betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Henry VII of England, and was raised in the palace of the Alhambra, knowing that she would be queen of England. In 1501, the teenage Spanish princess arrives in her new kingdom, but the future is turned upside down with the death of her handsome young husband - only six months after the wedding. Transformed from beloved bride to superfluous widow, Katherine endures hardship and loneliness as the Tudor court slowly squeezes her out of royal circles.
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1 out of 5 stars
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- By Hayley on 2018-07-16
Written by: Philippa Gregory
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The Boleyn Inheritance
- Boleyn, Book 2
- Written by: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
The last Boleyn is Jane, Lady Rochford - widow of the disgraced George Boleyn. Caught in the intrigues of the Tudor court, she maneuvers for personal position as her family, in turn, tries to manipulate her. The king has married again; his bride is the deceptively astute Anne of Cleves. Her wits are tested as she senses a trap closing around her, with the Howards ready to take advantage of her fall.
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The White Queen
- A Novel
- Written by: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 6 hrs
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
BROTHER TURNS ON BROTHER to win the ultimate prize, the throne of England, in this dazzling account of the wars of the Plantagenets. They are the claimants and kings who ruled England before the Tudors, and now Philippa Gregory brings them to life through the dramatic and intimate stories of the secret players: the indomitable women, starting with Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen.
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The Other Queen
- Written by: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato, Dogmara Dominczyk, Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4 out of 5 stars 17
Mary is queen of Scotland, but she has been forced to flee her land and take refuge in an England that is ruled by her cousin, Elizabeth. But England, precarious in its Protestant state, set against the mighty powers of Spain, France and Rome, doesn't need a charismatic Catholic figurehead at large. So Elizabeth's chief advisor, Cecil, devises a plan in which Mary will live under guard with his trusted accomplice: Bess of Hardwick.
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Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
- Written by: M.T. Anderson, Candace Fleming, Linda Sue Park, and others
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds, Ann Marie Lee, full cast, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29
If you were one of King Henry VIII's six wives, who would you be? Would you be Anne Boleyn, who literally lost her head? Would you be the subject of rumor and scandal like Catherine Howard? Or would you get away and survive like Anna of Cleves? Meet them and Henry's other queens - each bound for divorce or death - in this epic and thrilling novel that reads like fantasy but really happened.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Overall, a good audiobook
- By ghostwriter on 2022-10-18
Written by: M.T. Anderson, and others
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The Lady of the Rivers
- Written by: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 109
Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight. As a child visiting her uncle, she met his prisoner, Joan of Arc, and saw her own power reflected in the young woman accused of witchcraft. They share the mystery of the tarot card of the wheel of fortune before Joan is taken to a horrific death. Jacquetta understands the danger for a woman who dares to dream. Jacquetta is married to the Duke of Bedford, English regent of France, and he introduces her to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting!
- By CassandraG on 2019-04-17
Written by: Philippa Gregory
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The Constant Princess
- Written by: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Samantha Bond
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Abridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 16
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Story4 out of 5 stars 16
As a little girl Katherine of Aragon was betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Henry VII of England, and was raised in the palace of the Alhambra, knowing that she would be queen of England. In 1501, the teenage Spanish princess arrives in her new kingdom, but the future is turned upside down with the death of her handsome young husband - only six months after the wedding. Transformed from beloved bride to superfluous widow, Katherine endures hardship and loneliness as the Tudor court slowly squeezes her out of royal circles.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Keep volume controls handy
- By Hayley on 2018-07-16
Written by: Philippa Gregory
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The Boleyn Inheritance
- Boleyn, Book 2
- Written by: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
The last Boleyn is Jane, Lady Rochford - widow of the disgraced George Boleyn. Caught in the intrigues of the Tudor court, she maneuvers for personal position as her family, in turn, tries to manipulate her. The king has married again; his bride is the deceptively astute Anne of Cleves. Her wits are tested as she senses a trap closing around her, with the Howards ready to take advantage of her fall.
Written by: Philippa Gregory
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The White Queen
- A Novel
- Written by: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 6 hrs
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
BROTHER TURNS ON BROTHER to win the ultimate prize, the throne of England, in this dazzling account of the wars of the Plantagenets. They are the claimants and kings who ruled England before the Tudors, and now Philippa Gregory brings them to life through the dramatic and intimate stories of the secret players: the indomitable women, starting with Elizabeth Woodville, the White Queen.
Written by: Philippa Gregory
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The Other Queen
- Written by: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato, Dogmara Dominczyk, Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17
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Story4 out of 5 stars 17
Mary is queen of Scotland, but she has been forced to flee her land and take refuge in an England that is ruled by her cousin, Elizabeth. But England, precarious in its Protestant state, set against the mighty powers of Spain, France and Rome, doesn't need a charismatic Catholic figurehead at large. So Elizabeth's chief advisor, Cecil, devises a plan in which Mary will live under guard with his trusted accomplice: Bess of Hardwick.
Written by: Philippa Gregory
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Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
- Written by: M.T. Anderson, Candace Fleming, Linda Sue Park, and others
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds, Ann Marie Lee, full cast, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29
If you were one of King Henry VIII's six wives, who would you be? Would you be Anne Boleyn, who literally lost her head? Would you be the subject of rumor and scandal like Catherine Howard? Or would you get away and survive like Anna of Cleves? Meet them and Henry's other queens - each bound for divorce or death - in this epic and thrilling novel that reads like fantasy but really happened.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Overall, a good audiobook
- By ghostwriter on 2022-10-18
Written by: M.T. Anderson, and others
Publisher's Summary
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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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Shelley Barva
- 2019-06-18
I love medieval history
This series is great. Philippa Gregory weaves a compelling tale of politics, intrigue and history. My one big complaint about these books is the narrator. She speaks in such a dreary, depressing, miserable monotone that I eventually start to feel the same way. I would like to listen to more of her novels but the thought of listening to Amato’s voice for hours on end stops me.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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- Melissa
- 2019-05-06
She Stood Before God...
and believed he stood for her.
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.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 2022-11-01
Excellent Narration and Story
The first few chapters were difficult not because it wasn't good but the nature of Margaret Beaufort struggle.
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.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Karin
- 2010-09-12
Good book, unsympathetic heroine
Fluidly written and wonderfully narrated, THE RED QUEEN provides an engrossing portrait of Margaret Beaufort, the mother of Henry VII, first of the Tudor rulers. From early childhood, Margaret is enthralled by the story of Joan of Arc, and longs to emulate her in a life of piety and heroic deeds. Instead, she's married off at the age of twelve to a much older man, and gives birth at age thirteen. As she endures these tribulations, she hardens in her conviction that God has chosen her for a special destiny, and focuses all her will on the Lancaster cause and her son Henry, taken from her at an early age and awarded to a series of guardians. Unfortunately for the reader, the sorrows and tragedies of her life harden Margaret into a narrow-minded fanatic, who has little compassion or empathy for those around her. Her second husband, Henry Stafford, is a kind, gentle, and wise man who adores her and treats her with kindness and consideration, but blinded by ambition and with a heart turned to stone, she does not return his love, choosing time and again to betray him politically in favor of her Lancaster relations. The book is very interesting, and I really like the narrator, but I'm afraid I have little sympathy for Margaret, who is hopelessly self-centered, priggish, and narrow-minded. It's a compelling glimpse into a period of history that I'm not that familiar with, and Philippa Gregory's interpretation of Margaret Beaufort's character does explain many of Margaret's real-life deeds, but she is not nearly as sympathetic as the protagonist of THE WHITE QUEEN, Elizabeth Woodville. Well worth a listen if you're interested in the War of the Roses, but don't expect to like Margaret very much.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- mm
- 2010-08-06
Really enjoyed
Very entertaining historical novel. Loved the narrator. Will look for more by this author.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- The Louligan
- 2011-04-08
AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL!!!!!
This is the worst book I've ever read by Gregory. Did she write it grade school?! I enjoy novels based on historical fact, even those where a lot of "literary license" has been used. But this book is a hot mess. No where in history has Lady Margaret Beaufort ever been depicted as a whiny, vain, selfish, spiteful, narcissistic, hateful, self-righteous, delusional, bi-polar, homicidal maniac. Gregory sets the tone that Beaufort is inspired by the martyr Joan of Arc. This makes no sense because it's apparent that Margaret knows very little about the saint's life and struggles. The only difficult thing Margaret did her entire life is have a baby. All she does is "playa-hates" on the beautiful Elizabeth Woodville, calling her a slut and power-hungry whore, yet SHE's the one who is guilty of doing whatever she can to advance the son she barely even knows. She plots the downfall of others to put him on English throne, even the murder of two children, stating that it's OK "because God sanctioned it". She claims that God speaks to her personally and can't understand why she nor her son, the future King Henry VII, aren't treated like celebs since she's basically His BFF. Her hatred against and obsession with Elizabeth is pathological. Vanity, hate, and spite don't get you a sainthood, Margie! The writing is repetitive - the author will tell you the same thing 10 times as if it were the first time she said it. Gregory took what could have been a very interesting plot twist about a minor historical figure and turned it into something that's nonsensical and painful to listen to with all of the hateful whining. The narrator's delivery of this "cow patty" adds nothing positive since she sounds like she's about to burst into tears any moment. You can get a better perspective of the beginning of the Tudor dynasty from Wikipedia! Save your credit/money!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Nicolle
- 2012-08-20
You Gotta Read It...Resign Yourself
What did you love best about The Red Queen?
It's hard to say. It wasn't a book I loved. It was -- on one hand -- KIND OF interesting to read the story from Margaret Beaufort's perspective, but on the other, it isn't a particularly sympathetic one. Because it's part of a series, you really should read it, but it's not the best of them so far.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Check it off the list. Since you know how it ends, there was no real climax.
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
Bianca Amato does a great job of reading a rather unimpressive book. Great affect, great interpretation...just not fantastic material.
If you could take any character from The Red Queen out to dinner, who would it be and why?
Elizabeth Woodville!! HA HA!! Sorry, but the white queen SO outshines the red one...
Any additional comments?
I love Philippa Gregory! But I have to admit that this wasn't one of her better books. I have to agree with other reviewers I read (before purchasing the book) that the events have been recounted in her other books and the perspective of Margaret Beaufort is singular (her divine duty and/or right) and uninteresting. And yet, I still assert that you have to read it as part of her Cousins War series! But don't let the worst of the reviews dissuade you...you can't NOT read it!
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- kristee
- 2010-10-08
the red queen
I have read and loved all of Philippa Gregory's other books, but not this one. The main character, Lady Margaret, was a cold, whiney, bitter woman who was obcessed with regaining the throne for her son. She was so unpleasant you had no sympathy for her or her efforts.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Kate
- 2010-08-13
Boring, Boring Boring
I have previously really enjoyed Philippa Gregory's novels but this lead character was so boring and unhappy that I couldn't listen to her whine for more than 3 chapters. She was the mother of Henry Tudor and her life was right in the middle of the War of the Roses so I thought the period would be made interesting... wrong. I really cannot recommend this book.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- LJ Web
- 2010-08-17
boringly repetitive
The author seems to have run out of energy and now feels it's ok to make a novel out of one sentence: "This is my destiny, to mother a king." Waste of time & money.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- Sandy Bartu
- 2010-08-13
Terrible!
The central character was so whiny I could barely stand it. Not much depth to the story or the characters. Move on there are so many other wonderful books out there.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 2010-08-12
Not an appealing character to be found
I have always thought Margaret Beaufort warranted an historical novel, her life cannot have been easy, she lived through some pretty interesting times and survived and saw her son become king . But I have to say that in this novel she is a most unlikeable character, rather whiney and clueless, my sympathies were not with her. There are in fact few likeable characters in this novel at all, none with much depth. Most of the players do not even get onto the stage, instead there is a lot of her bemoaning her fate. I did listen to the whole thing, and the narration was ok, but this is not what I had hoped.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
- set
- 2010-09-21
Slow listen
Unsympathetic lead makes this a slow listen. I really can't recommend it. I have liked other books by the author.
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