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The King's Grey Mare (2008)

by Rosemary Hawley Jarman(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0752445634 (ISBN13: 9780752445632)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

The History Press

review 1: This is the first time I've read a Rosemary Hawley Jarman novel and based on this it won't be the last. I just thought this was wonderful and very well researched. It's the first time I've seen the idea that Henry VII had the princes killed, which I found interesting given that Richard III is seen as a bit of a bad guy in this book. Although to Elizabeth Woodville everyone was a bad guy. I really liked the love story between the young Elizabeth and John Grey and I even liked the character of Grace Plantagenet. Sure there were some slow places in this and sometimes the whole Melusine storyline gets a little too "witchy" for me, but it is part of the Jacquetta/Elizabeth Woodville story so it is not out of place here at all.
review 2: Excellent book based on the ... morewars oif the Roses and the life of Elizabeth Woodville and her marriage to Edward IV. Fascinating and terrible it shows the cost of unbridled ambition. It deals with intrigue, murder, betrayal and love. It vividly brings to life Elizabeth and her times and the politics of the Court. This book is highly recommended. A fascinating read about a bloodthirsty and tumultuous period if British history, less

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