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Hilda Lewis (1896–1974)

Autor(a) de The Ship That Flew

24 Works 650 Membros 13 Reviews

About the Author

Obras de Hilda Lewis

The Ship That Flew (1939) 178 cópias
Harlot Queen (1970) 64 cópias
I Am Mary Tudor (1971) 63 cópias
Wife to Charles II (1965) 62 cópias
Wife to the Bastard (1966) 60 cópias
The Gentle Falcon (1952) 43 cópias
The Witch and the Priest (1956) — Autor — 40 cópias
I, Jacqueline (1957) 37 cópias
Here comes Harry (1960) 14 cópias
Harold Was My King (1968) 13 cópias
Bloody Mary (1974) 13 cópias
Mary the Queen (1973) 12 cópias
Wife to Henry V (1954) 11 cópias
Rose of England (1977) 8 cópias
A mortal malice (1963) 8 cópias
Heart of a Rose (1978) 6 cópias
Wife to Great Buckingham (1959) 5 cópias
Penny Lace (2011) 2 cópias
The Case of the Little Doctor (1951) 1 exemplar(es)
Strange Story (1974) 1 exemplar(es)
More Glass Than Wall (1972) 1 exemplar(es)

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome de batismo
Lewis, Hilda Winifred
Data de nascimento
1896
Data de falecimento
1974-02
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
UK
Local de nascimento
London, England
Local de falecimento
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Ocupação
historical novelist

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Flying ship that goes back in time em Name that Book (Setembro 2011)

Resenhas

I love historical fiction but I really struggled with Harlot Queen and was only able to read one chapter at a time. Disappointingly, I found it slower than the slowest snail in a slow snail competition; I positively crawled through it and felt like I deserved a medal for getting to the end.

The story revolves around Isabella of France who at 9 years old was betrothed to Edward II of England. She crosses the channel with dreams of love and finds a man who has no interest in her. It sadly reminded me of Charles and Diana as Edward had already fallen in love, with Piers Gaveston. After so many rejections from her husband, Isabella realises that she has something she can exploit: power as the Queen of England. We follow her journey as she gathers her allies and sees off her enemies, and finally finds love.

Drier than a cracker with no cheese, only read this if you have a keen interest in Edward II otherwise you will lose the will to live. I did find the second half of the book more interesting as Isabella's son, Edward III, comes to the throne in suspicious circumstances, but unfortunately this isn't a book I would recommend.
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Michelle.Ryles | Mar 9, 2020 |
A young boy finds a magic toy boat in a magic shop, and he and his brother and two sisters have all sorts of adventures flying through time in it.
I loved it. A predecessor to The Magic Treehouse books, but much better. I love that the boat turns out to be Frey's, and the encounters between the kids and the Norse gods are great. Definitely recommended.
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electrascaife | outras 4 resenhas | Sep 26, 2017 |
Interesting novel about Catherine of Braganza and Charles II, 3.5 stars.

The description on the back is somewhat at odds with the contents - you might expect a romance, but the book contains a surprising amount of historical and political detail, which I liked, but might not be to everyone's taste. Lewis uses very little dramatization, she follows the historical facts to the letter; no flights of fancy here, no wild over-the-top characterizations, not even of the ghastly Barbara Castlemaine. The book is written in 1965 and the style seems a bit dated and flat to me. While the contents are interesting, the writing is somewhat boring in places and the author sometimes goes on and on about the same thing. I liked it, but didn't love it - a library read, imo.… (mais)
 
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SabinaE | 1 outra resenha | Jan 23, 2016 |
Tries, and fails, to make Mary less bloody that she actually was.
Read in samoa Aug 2002.
 
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mbmackay | Nov 26, 2015 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
24
Membros
650
Popularidade
#38,841
Avaliação
3.9
Resenhas
13
ISBNs
63
Idiomas
1

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