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rebecanunez's review against another edition
4.0
Genial compañía a la serie. Lo recomiendo para después de haber visto los capítulos y no antes.
alanburch79's review against another edition
4.0
If you're a big fan of The Crown, like I am, then you should put this book on your to read list. Written by the show's historian, it gives more background to events as depicted in the series and reasons why they changed certain things around. Recommended.
fractaltexan's review against another edition
5.0
As someone who is a fan not only of the show, but of the history of the Monarchy, I found this book to be quite informative in breaking the "haze of wonder" that surrounds the show. After all, considering American sentiment toward the Monarchy, you could see how it's easy to take the show, more or less, for fact.
Lacey does a superb job of breaking through that haze, showing what was real, what was fake, or what was, simply put, made up. This was informative, fun and engaging to read, and has made my own fascination with the history of the Monarchy double.
Lacey does a superb job of breaking through that haze, showing what was real, what was fake, or what was, simply put, made up. This was informative, fun and engaging to read, and has made my own fascination with the history of the Monarchy double.
alliepeduto's review against another edition
5.0
I unabashedly loved this! Apparently the show creators had heard that fans of the show were constantly googling the real story (aka me), so they decided to just do the hard work for us and tapped historian Robert Lacey to write this gem. It took me a while to read it all since I would only catch up on the corresponding chapter after watching the specific episode it talked about, and I’m apparently bad at binge watching. But it really enhanced my enjoyment of the show, and I really hope they write one for the second season!!
louismunozjr's review against another edition
4.0
Would have this book an easy 5 star rating, but it had a few sloppy mistakes along the way. For example, on pp. 54-55, the author gives Edward VII & George V’s reigns as from 1901-1911 & 1911-1936, respectively, when it was 1910 when the former died and the latter became king. (Another of several more examples of the author’s &/or editors’ mistakes: On p. 245, an event that took place on 22nd December 1955 was in fact in 1954.)
hookforbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Discovered this series on Netflix, and found myself constantly looking things up on Wikipedia - so gave in and read the companion book. Great series, interesting history.
anitaofplaybooktag's review against another edition
3.0
For fans of the show, this companion guide is useful in helping the viewer understand greater historical context as well as discern fiction from reality. However, I personally would not recommend the Kindle version. The book's formatting did not lend itself well to an e-reader with it's choice of fonts and the many photographs.
Also, I wish I had read it in conjunction with the various episodes . . .I think I would have gotten more out of it.
All in all, I'm not moved to purchase the second Volume, but I do think it was well done overall. Just not super interesting to me personally. For me, the show itself was truly enough. As the Acknowledgments say:
History, as Hilary Mantel has recently reminded us, is our imperfect way of organising our ignorance of the past. Imagination is our way of understanding it, and Peter (Morgan) has supplied both imagination and understanding in abundance.
True. And ironically because Morgan does that, it renders a companion book a bit superfluous.
Also, I wish I had read it in conjunction with the various episodes . . .I think I would have gotten more out of it.
All in all, I'm not moved to purchase the second Volume, but I do think it was well done overall. Just not super interesting to me personally. For me, the show itself was truly enough. As the Acknowledgments say:
History, as Hilary Mantel has recently reminded us, is our imperfect way of organising our ignorance of the past. Imagination is our way of understanding it, and Peter (Morgan) has supplied both imagination and understanding in abundance.
True. And ironically because Morgan does that, it renders a companion book a bit superfluous.