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The King's Curse
by Philippa Gregory
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This book took me a while to get through but I’m so happy I picked it up. It’s been on my TBR for awhile but I have to be in the right mood for historical fiction. As a lot of you know, Tudor historical fiction is my fave! I have an unhealthy obsession with the Tudor family. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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This particular novel is based on Margaret Pole nèe Plantagenet, who is cousin to the White Princess, Elizabeth of York, as well as the niece of 2 previous kings, so she has a major claim to the throne and much royal blood. The novel takes you through her young 20s when she married Sir Richard Pole in an attempt to bury her Plantagenet name through her time as the caregiver to Arthur, Prince of Wales, who is the heir to the throne. It takes you through her trials and tribulations after her husband passes away and what she has to do to protect her five children, who also carry Plantagenet blood, which means they all have a claim to the throne. It takes you through her time as a friend to Catherine of Aragon who becomes Queen of England through her marriage to Henry the VIII. It takes you through her time as caregiver to Princess Mary and all the hardships that went along with that. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Overall, this novel is an in depth fictional look at the life of Margaret Pole and her family. It’s a fictionalized drama of the trials and tribulations of what it was like to live as a member of the former royal family and what it was like to live during the downfall of the church in the early 1530s. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
For me, this was a 4 ⭐️ read! I thoroughly enjoy Philippa Gregory’s writing and I love her take on the Tudors. It was well researched and while fictional, provided mostly accurate details of the life of Pole and those around her. It was a little on the long side for me, so I do feel like a few things could have been omitted to move the story along a little bit faster. This type of book isn’t for everyone but I would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves the Tudors or royal historical fiction.
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This book took me a while to get through but I’m so happy I picked it up. It’s been on my TBR for awhile but I have to be in the right mood for historical fiction. As a lot of you know, Tudor historical fiction is my fave! I have an unhealthy obsession with the Tudor family. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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This particular novel is based on Margaret Pole nèe Plantagenet, who is cousin to the White Princess, Elizabeth of York, as well as the niece of 2 previous kings, so she has a major claim to the throne and much royal blood. The novel takes you through her young 20s when she married Sir Richard Pole in an attempt to bury her Plantagenet name through her time as the caregiver to Arthur, Prince of Wales, who is the heir to the throne. It takes you through her trials and tribulations after her husband passes away and what she has to do to protect her five children, who also carry Plantagenet blood, which means they all have a claim to the throne. It takes you through her time as a friend to Catherine of Aragon who becomes Queen of England through her marriage to Henry the VIII. It takes you through her time as caregiver to Princess Mary and all the hardships that went along with that. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Overall, this novel is an in depth fictional look at the life of Margaret Pole and her family. It’s a fictionalized drama of the trials and tribulations of what it was like to live as a member of the former royal family and what it was like to live during the downfall of the church in the early 1530s. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
For me, this was a 4 ⭐️ read! I thoroughly enjoy Philippa Gregory’s writing and I love her take on the Tudors. It was well researched and while fictional, provided mostly accurate details of the life of Pole and those around her. It was a little on the long side for me, so I do feel like a few things could have been omitted to move the story along a little bit faster. This type of book isn’t for everyone but I would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves the Tudors or royal historical fiction.