Helpful Score: 3
Wow! I read The White Queen first and loved it. I so loved Elizabeth and her cause. Then I get this one and it is from the prospective of the "enemy" from the White Queen. I was amazed to start loving this character as well. I REALLY loved both books. The only thing that I did not like was what "happened" to the princes. This is most definately one of my favorite sets of books. My advice is to get BOTH books because as soon as you finish the first one you will want to start the second one.
Helpful Score: 2
Not as good as her other books. Long and boring, seemed like the same thing kept happening over and over. I'm surprised I finished it.
Helpful Score: 2
I thoroughly loved all of Philippa Gregory's Tudor Novels. It seems every book of hers that I pick up has captured me. Not so with this one. I forced myself through half the book, then gave up on it. I hope to not have to give up on any of her other books, as I have them all waiting for me to read. :)
Helpful Score: 2
The Red Queen is the story of the Lancastrian heiress Margaret Beaufort, who is King Henry VIII's grandmother. We are taken through her life from when she is married at the age of 12 and produces an heir who she names Henry to when she finally achieves her goal of the title My Lady, the King's Mother, Margaret Regina. From the very beginning Margaret thinks of herself as Joan of Arc and her mission is to place her son on the throne of England. After her first husband dies, she marries twice more. Her last husband Sir William Stanley is her real goal. He has always been a favorite of any King of England and will always support who he thinks will win.
Gregory has weaved a great story here. I always get wrapped up whenever I read one of her novels. The bulk of the story is told from Margaret's point of view, until the end when it is told by Henry and Richard as they battle it out. I personally do not have a problem with that because the point of the story is that we are seeing and hearing what Margaret experiences. I'm probably a little bias but I enjoy reading just about anything Gregory writes...:)
Gregory has weaved a great story here. I always get wrapped up whenever I read one of her novels. The bulk of the story is told from Margaret's point of view, until the end when it is told by Henry and Richard as they battle it out. I personally do not have a problem with that because the point of the story is that we are seeing and hearing what Margaret experiences. I'm probably a little bias but I enjoy reading just about anything Gregory writes...:)
Helpful Score: 2
I couldn't wait for this book to be done with. Too long and too irritating to read. I just wanted to smack Margaret Beaufort repeatedly throughout reading this. :)
