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A review by emilyinlalaland
Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe by Sarah Gristwood
5.0
I FINALLY FINISHED IT (literally a year later but what can you do).
It wasn’t perfect (a LOT of ground covered and so some little details missed, but also I know it’s my bias in favour of some women who weren’t really covered speaking) but I’m rounding it up to 5 stars because I love this book. I love the way Gristwood writes history, like she’s telling a story and interjecting her own little comments here and there. I didn’t come to this book for a straight academic viewpoint. I wanted to have fun and read about a subject that I love! It’s a complicated read thanks to all the people and countries and events covered, and it took me a year, but the fact that I kept going back to it speaks for itself.
It’s awesome and I highly, highly recommend, especially if you’re into early modern Western European queens. I just want Gristwood to keep writing books on this topic forever!
It wasn’t perfect (a LOT of ground covered and so some little details missed, but also I know it’s my bias in favour of some women who weren’t really covered speaking) but I’m rounding it up to 5 stars because I love this book. I love the way Gristwood writes history, like she’s telling a story and interjecting her own little comments here and there. I didn’t come to this book for a straight academic viewpoint. I wanted to have fun and read about a subject that I love! It’s a complicated read thanks to all the people and countries and events covered, and it took me a year, but the fact that I kept going back to it speaks for itself.
It’s awesome and I highly, highly recommend, especially if you’re into early modern Western European queens. I just want Gristwood to keep writing books on this topic forever!