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Carregando... The Battle of the Queens (1978)de Jean Plaidy
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. La historia de dos mujeres, Isabel de Angulema, viuda del rey Juan de Inglaterra, y Blanca de Castilla, reina de Francia, que se odian desde el primer encuentro. Amazing - so good I couldn't put it down. I finished it in one day. Story was on the premise of Queen Mother Isabella (Henry III's mother) widow of King John and Queen Blanche (Louis IX's mother) widow queen of Louis VIII. Both very strong women and a power struggle as both their sons assume the throne while they are young. It is an excellent read - even if you don't read any of the others in the series - read this! After the fantastic “Prince of Darkness” this sequel turned out to be a let-down. First off, the author not only repeats information too many times from this story, but she also recalls way too much from the previous novels in the Plantagenet saga. I found this tedious as well as unnecessary. Some references to the former kings and queens are relevant, but we don’t need to re-read huge chunks that have been covered in the previous books. I also feel this would’ve worked better if it had been more linear. For instance, we find out early on that Philip of France has died, yet in a subsequent chapter we go back in time when the French king is alive again. This leads to more annoying repetition. A third big problem I have is the number of people covered. The author would’ve been better off dividing this into three novels and focusing on fewer characters at a time. It’s even harder to keep up with the narrative when you’ve more than one Isabella, Eleanor, etc., to contend with. This isn’t a bad book in my mind, hence the three-star rating, but had Ms Plaidy given it more thought, spent time cutting all the repetition and limited the amount of characters’ lives she was reliving, then this could’ve been a brilliant effort. Fascinating read. I love to read about this era. One of the Queens is Isabella, the wife of King John. If I ever doubted before, I now know for sure: "King John was not a good man." Jean Plaidy, aka Victoria Holt, brings her considerable insights into this historical period, and her formidable talent for storytelling makes even the convoluted politics of the time comprehensible and human. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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The first half of the thirteenth century is dominated by two women, as proud and ambitious as they were beautiful, yet different in all other qualities. Isabella, flamboyant and passionate, a medieval Helen of Troy - wife to King John and mother to Henry III... Blanche of Castile, serene and virtuous Queen of France, wife of Louis VIII and mother of Louis IX... The two women hated each other on sight. Isabella would stop at nothing, not even murder, in her passion to destroy the French Queen... Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Google Books — Carregando... GênerosClassificação decimal de Dewey (CDD)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos E.U.A. (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia:
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