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The Captive Queen by Alison Weir
A new five star showed up on Amazon today. A reviewer with only that one review. So we've got that, Harriet and one other (who I know reviews on a professional review site and always has reviews up on Ammy on publication date) giving it five stars. How cool is that?
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
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[quote=""Ash""]Thats the book I always recommend. What amazed me is realizing how much of the book I really read via Sharon Kay Penman's trilogies. It is quite a wonderful read.[/quote]
I'm finding her very descriptive, sometimes it reminds me of literary nonfiction.
SM
I'm finding her very descriptive, sometimes it reminds me of literary nonfiction.
SM
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Original Join Date: Mar 2006
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Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
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Original Join Date: Mar 2006
Previous Amount of Posts: 2,517
Books Read In 2014: 109 - June: 17 (May: 17)
Full List Here: http://www.historicalfictiononline.com/ ... p?p=114965
It is not to often that I put the knockers on a book but I do on this one. I simply disliked it and I suppose I expected better from Weir especially as I loved 'Innnocent Traitor'.
I put 'Captive Queen' on my donate to the library shelf whereas with books I love I keep them to re-read whenever there is a book drought on.
Bec
I put 'Captive Queen' on my donate to the library shelf whereas with books I love I keep them to re-read whenever there is a book drought on.
Bec
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- Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
- Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
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I found this at the library recently. The first few chapters.
It's been a while since I read it, but I remember liking the Eleanor biography. (It made me want to read the Penman trilogy.)
It's been a while since I read it, but I remember liking the Eleanor biography. (It made me want to read the Penman trilogy.)
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
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The Captive Queen
I just finished this book and thought it excellent - fast-moving, full of intrigue, and interesting. One of those it is impossible to put down! Acacia Oak
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- Preferred HF: Any time period/location. Timeslip, usually prefer female POV. Also love Gothic melodrama.
- Location: Northeast Scotland
[quote=""princess garnet""]I checked her website. There's a forthcoming novel about Elizabeth 1 and her favorite Robert Dudley in 2014, tentatively titled The Queen and Lord Robert.[/quote]
So, we got a sequel to Innocent Traitor this year, and a sequel to The Lady Elizabeth is in the pipeline. Should we be fearing that some manner of sequel to The Captive Queen will be next?
So, we got a sequel to Innocent Traitor this year, and a sequel to The Lady Elizabeth is in the pipeline. Should we be fearing that some manner of sequel to The Captive Queen will be next?
[quote=""Lady of Bennachie""]So, we got a sequel to Innocent Traitor this year, and a sequel to The Lady Elizabeth is in the pipeline. Should we be fearing that some manner of sequel to The Captive Queen will be next? [/quote]
No comment!
No comment!
Les proz e les vassals
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
Souvent entre piez de chevals
Kar ja li coard nI chasront
'The Brave and the valiant
Are always to be found between the hooves of horses
For never will cowards fall down there.'
Histoire de Guillaume le Mareschal
www.elizabethchadwick.com
[quote=""Lady of Bennachie""]So, we got a sequel to Innocent Traitor this year, and a sequel to The Lady Elizabeth is in the pipeline. Should we be fearing that some manner of sequel to The Captive Queen will be next? [/quote]
Noooooooooooooo!
Noooooooooooooo!
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be