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readon25_ 's review for:
The Sunne In Splendour
by Sharon Kay Penman
It took me about 150 pages to really take the bait and then this book was all I could talk about for weeks. I could not finish it for days because the ending was too grim. Penman's development of plot, character and historical detail in a labrynthal epic about The War of the Roses is nothing short of brilliant. how did this book escape me for so long? More than the first half deals with Edward IV to the point where I began to wonder if she would err get around to Richard III. Penman does this so subtly that by the time Richard dominates the book, I would gladly have gone to war with him and was secretly praying for another ending as he is such an appealing character....ah well, just is historical fiction. She fleshes out each character with a multi-dimensional grocery list of favor and flaws. I could see why a decision was being made, even if it was historical a disaster. The reader is allowed to be in the present of the story....brilliant....now on to plan a War of the Roses travel plan to see the the towns and churches where this all took place.