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Weir has taken the two lives of eerily similar usurpers and entwined them in this engrossing novel of passion, rivalry, betrayal, love and loss. Weir takes the reader from past to present by telling the story of Katherine Gray, sister to Lady Jane Grey (the nine-day queen), and Kate Planteganet, the illegitimate daughter of Richard III. Throwing in the secret of the Princes in the Tower, Weir flawlessly weaves the complicated lives of Englands royalty.
After Queen Mary Tudor overthrows Jane Grey, Katherines life is thrown upside down and now she must walk the tightrope between Mary and Elizabeths rivalry. Katherine has been told that she will be next in line to inherit the throne but as court politics go, she is passed up and Elizabeth ascends to the throne. Having already known what Mary was up to, Elizabeth sees Katherine as a rival for the throne and will do everything to stop her council from naming Katherine as the next in line. After stumbling upon the mystery of the Princes in the Tower, Katherine finds that her life is similar to Kate Plantagenet, whose father was believed to have done away with the Princes. This mystery whiles away the hours that Katherine must spend in the Tower because of Elizabeths wanting to keep her enemy close.
Kate has always thought that her father could walk on water but soon she finds that there are many rumors and her own life is in danger being who she is. After being forced into a marriage she didnt want, Kate finds her quest to discover what happened to the Princes and clear her deceased fathers name, the only thing that keeps her mind off her unhappiness
Though switching from one time period to another was confusing at times, I thought Weir did an amazing job. I highly recommend this for all Tudor obsessed fans just for the fact that it is a unique and refreshing take on the mystery of the Princes in the Tower.
(DRC was provided by publisher via Edelweiss for an honest review)
After Queen Mary Tudor overthrows Jane Grey, Katherines life is thrown upside down and now she must walk the tightrope between Mary and Elizabeths rivalry. Katherine has been told that she will be next in line to inherit the throne but as court politics go, she is passed up and Elizabeth ascends to the throne. Having already known what Mary was up to, Elizabeth sees Katherine as a rival for the throne and will do everything to stop her council from naming Katherine as the next in line. After stumbling upon the mystery of the Princes in the Tower, Katherine finds that her life is similar to Kate Plantagenet, whose father was believed to have done away with the Princes. This mystery whiles away the hours that Katherine must spend in the Tower because of Elizabeths wanting to keep her enemy close.
Kate has always thought that her father could walk on water but soon she finds that there are many rumors and her own life is in danger being who she is. After being forced into a marriage she didnt want, Kate finds her quest to discover what happened to the Princes and clear her deceased fathers name, the only thing that keeps her mind off her unhappiness
Though switching from one time period to another was confusing at times, I thought Weir did an amazing job. I highly recommend this for all Tudor obsessed fans just for the fact that it is a unique and refreshing take on the mystery of the Princes in the Tower.
(DRC was provided by publisher via Edelweiss for an honest review)
Ive had a deep love for historical fiction for many years, and just this year Ive made an effort to read more about the years leading up to Tudor England, particularly about the house of York and the end of the Plantagenet house. Any read into this time frame will lead you to the question of the Princes in the Tower, and the tumultuous reign of Richard III. This book leads us through the life of Katherine Plantagenet (known as Kate in the novel) before her father ascends to the throne, and then into the life of Katherine Grey a couple of generations later.
The focus of Kates story is mostly on her trying to figure out what has happened to her cousins, Edward V and Richard of York. At the beginning of the novel, Edward IV is still king and Richard III is just the Duke of Gloucester, so we see him in a more sympathetic light as simply husband and father. Kate was born out of wedlock, but is taken care of by Richard and his wife, Anne, as though she were their own. As events unfold, we watch how all of their lives change after the death of Edward IV and the eventual rise of Richard III.
To read the rest of my review, please visit my blog.
The focus of Kates story is mostly on her trying to figure out what has happened to her cousins, Edward V and Richard of York. At the beginning of the novel, Edward IV is still king and Richard III is just the Duke of Gloucester, so we see him in a more sympathetic light as simply husband and father. Kate was born out of wedlock, but is taken care of by Richard and his wife, Anne, as though she were their own. As events unfold, we watch how all of their lives change after the death of Edward IV and the eventual rise of Richard III.
To read the rest of my review, please visit my blog.
