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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
I can say that this one was definitely better than The White Queen. However, that doesn't say a whole lot. I detested Margaret Beaufort 90% of the time. I felt for her when she had to give up her son again and again and when she learns that even her own mother doesn't care about her at all, but that's about it. She was a horrible heroine. And while Gregory does take a lot of license with history, I do realize that she's still gotta work with actual people, so there probably wasn't much she could do with that. I'm not enjoying this Cousin's War stuff. The Tudor stuff was much more interesting to me. It also felt like there were a LOT of blank pages inserted in this book to make it longer.
I love Philippa Gregory. I know that she is a controversial histoical fiction author, but I really love her books. This one was not one of my favorites, but I still enjoyed it.
This is the second book in Gregory's Cousin's War series and it is told from the perspective of Margaret Beaufort. I had little to no knowledge of this time period prior to reading these books, and her works always make me research, which is something that I enjoy.
Margaret Beaufort was an extremely pious woman, believing that she had a calling from God to be a great woman, and to raise her son to be the next King of England. History tells us what really happened, but this book was an insight to Margaret's life. And of course it is a work of fiction with historical truths tied in, but it is still entertaining.
At the beginning of the book you really feel sorry for Margaret. She is a woman, living in a man's world, she gets no say in what happens to her in life, she has no ownership of anything and is not even allowed to raise her own son. However, by the end of the book, I was not her biggest fan. She did many things under the guise that it was God's calling, hated Elizabeth Woodville for her ambition, but in reality, they shared the same ambition.
There were moments in this book that I was bored and the narrative of Margaret did get on my nerves at times, but for the most part, it was a good book. I'd have to say that I enjoyed The White Queen more than this, but it was still a god book, so I give it 3 out of 5 stars.
This is the second book in Gregory's Cousin's War series and it is told from the perspective of Margaret Beaufort. I had little to no knowledge of this time period prior to reading these books, and her works always make me research, which is something that I enjoy.
Margaret Beaufort was an extremely pious woman, believing that she had a calling from God to be a great woman, and to raise her son to be the next King of England. History tells us what really happened, but this book was an insight to Margaret's life. And of course it is a work of fiction with historical truths tied in, but it is still entertaining.
At the beginning of the book you really feel sorry for Margaret. She is a woman, living in a man's world, she gets no say in what happens to her in life, she has no ownership of anything and is not even allowed to raise her own son. However, by the end of the book, I was not her biggest fan. She did many things under the guise that it was God's calling, hated Elizabeth Woodville for her ambition, but in reality, they shared the same ambition.
There were moments in this book that I was bored and the narrative of Margaret did get on my nerves at times, but for the most part, it was a good book. I'd have to say that I enjoyed The White Queen more than this, but it was still a god book, so I give it 3 out of 5 stars.
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how to make an intriguging but really unlikeable heroine. Good stuff.
emotional
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fast-paced
I hated pretty much everything about this book, which is disappointing because Gregory generally does her research and so Margaret Beaufort may well have been an extremely obsessive and unpleasant person. Alas.
Surprised at how much I empathised and liked Margaret Beaufort.
I enjoyed this book much more than The White Queen. The story created about Margaret Beaufort was just so fascinating that I couldn't put it down. Margaret was a completely unlikeable character, devout, self important and even a little crazy but the story about how she works her whole life to put her son on the throne is a great one - if you can get over your hatred for the main character.
3.5 stars. I just recently finished watching The White Queen and wanted more so I picked up this book. I didn't like Margaret in the show but at least her motivations were pure. In the book, I reviled her. I love hating her, she is everything you assume a fanatical religious person would be combined with a desperate desire for power and a narcissism that leaves no room for love of anyone but herself. The story itself seemed choppy and had I not seen the show I would have been more lost. Looking forward to reading the other books in the series.
I'd read The Other Boyeln Girl a long time ago and I really enjoyed that, so I thought I would try some more Gregory. While it didn't exactly disappoint, it was a bit tedious in places. I quickly got tired of the protagonist's sometimes delusional claims and constant protestations of piety, but then I guess that's what she was probably like. So it wasn't so much the writing I hated but the character who was probably hateful to start with anyway. She is very self-serving, narcissistic and deluded! I am not a huge history fan, or a fan of battle history, but nevertheless I enjoyed the final battle scene. I recall actually learning about the new strategies employed in that fight - I think it was on a documentary. Not exactly fun reading to rave about but I liked it nevertheless.