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thisisgettingstupid999 's review for:
The White Queen
by Philippa Gregory
At the start, this book reads like a historical Mills and Boon- breathlessly romantic – but the romantic hero, King Edward, is a rapist, a womaniser and a killer.
The women in this book are wives, witches or whores and, possibly, all three. Boy babies are celebrated. The beloved brother berates his sister as a whore and then becomes her greatest champion when she becomes queen. The loving husband moves his mistress in while his wife is giving birth. The uncle seduces his niece to secure his position on the throne.
Yet the women are not just victims. They want power too, not just over themselves but over others.
Everyone in this book is awful, but it really is a rollicking read.
The women in this book are wives, witches or whores and, possibly, all three. Boy babies are celebrated. The beloved brother berates his sister as a whore and then becomes her greatest champion when she becomes queen. The loving husband moves his mistress in while his wife is giving birth. The uncle seduces his niece to secure his position on the throne.
Yet the women are not just victims. They want power too, not just over themselves but over others.
Everyone in this book is awful, but it really is a rollicking read.