Review by meganholman0911 - The Constant Princess

meganholman0911 's review for:

The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory

3.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really enjoyed this book, as a Tudor history lover it was the perfect mixture between fact and fiction. I loved how it explored Catherine of Aragon in depth and more her life before Henry which is where everyone normally focuses.

Her strength and courage is portrayed so well and I loved her relationship with Arthur being delved into deeper. I learned a lot about 16th century foreign policy as well without it being in a normal non fiction format.

It is written in a mixture of first and third person which took a while to get used to but works well.

I wanted to rate this book higher but for me it is too long and I had to put it down and pick it up a couple of times. I think it could have been split as her story with Arthur and her story with Henry in separate books.

Still a good one to read if you love Tudor history. Going to carry on with the series!

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