Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by mazzamalloo
The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory
2.0
The last of the 'Cousin's War' series from Philippa Gregory, The King's Curse tells the story of Margaret Pole one of the few remaining Plantagenets to survive Henry VII's conquest of the English throne. Over the course of 600 odd pages her fortune rises and falls according to the whim of an increasingly tyrannical Henry VIII against a backdrop of political and religious turmoil.
Well crikey it was a slog! I'm not really sure why I persisted with it to be honest, I suspect it was my ghoulish nature wanting to see out what I know from history to be a particularly sticky end (and that actually, was a disappointment).
Margaret Pole became incredibly irritating by about half way which I can only put down to Gregory's repetitive style and unnecessary exposition. Did we really need to hear Pole declare that she is a Plantagenet every 5 pages and that she is of royal blood? Was an editor even involved in the process of publishing this book I wonder? What was written could have been condensed by about half and would have encompassed everything that was necessary to tell the same tale.
Well crikey it was a slog! I'm not really sure why I persisted with it to be honest, I suspect it was my ghoulish nature wanting to see out what I know from history to be a particularly sticky end (and that actually, was a disappointment).
Margaret Pole became incredibly irritating by about half way which I can only put down to Gregory's repetitive style and unnecessary exposition. Did we really need to hear Pole declare that she is a Plantagenet every 5 pages and that she is of royal blood? Was an editor even involved in the process of publishing this book I wonder? What was written could have been condensed by about half and would have encompassed everything that was necessary to tell the same tale.