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The Tudor Conspiracy (2013)

by C.W. Gortner(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0312658494 (ISBN13: 9780312658496)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

series

The Spymaster Chronicles

review 1: Few writers can make Tudor England as vivid for me as C.W. Gortner. His portrayal of Whitehall Palace's sumptuous, tapestry-hung suites of privilege or its icy, damp, dark chambers for lesser folk make me feel as if I am walking those halls myself. His hero Brendan is ingratiating: coming from a menial boyhood to find his place among the royalty of the realm, he is both shy and self-confident and deeply loyal. As in the first novel in this series, Gortner’s drawing of the young Princess Elizabeth is enchanting and so real. Brendan finds her frantically packing her things to escape from her sister Queen Mary, "her little feet bare." And his portrait of the great traffic jams of the narrow passage of London Bridge between its dozens of shops and the freezing Thames below i... mores like a fine 17th-century painting with every detail there yet vividly alive. Needless to say, there is a fine plot of danger and intrigue in this 16th century story of the fight for the English throne and who will eventually remain or become Queen and shape the country’s soul.
review 2: This was a pretty good book. I wish the characters where developed a little more elaborately, as I did not feel closely attached to any of them, or that I was able to absorb into any of them as I read the book. It was a great mystery however, and kept me guessing until the end exactly how all of the loose ends would tie together. I also enjoyed the time period, while Mary was on the throne. I do not believe I have read any books yet that covered this particular time period as told from within her court. A good book, a few more in depth details would have added more. less

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