A review by john_raine
Ravenspur: Rise of the Tudors by Conn Iggulden

3.0

I read the first three books in this series several years ago and picked this up at the library to finish it off. The book does a good job of telling the history of the Wars of the Roses, which I always find a bit confusing and hard to follow. My biggest complaint about Iggulden books is that often the characters aren't well developed or interesting and I felt that was true in this book. Part of that is that there are just so many Richards, Henrys and Edwards it is hard to keep everyone straight. Richard III started the book as an interesting character and it was clear that the author was trying to portray him as much more than the cartoon villain of Shakespeare, but then it feels like his heel turn when Edward IV dies comes out of nowhere. The story is crisp and well told though.