winterpirate 's review for:

The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory

4.0

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Katherine Parr is one of the more interesting wives of Henry VIII, which I only just discovered by reading this book. I was bored at first until Gregory revealed Katherine's scholarship and cleverness. This author is always so great at making a reader feel as powerless as her female characters, and that frustration puts you back in the 1500s so you can understand what it must have felt like to be a woman at that time, living with that madman.