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The Queen's Sorrow (2000)

by Suzannah Dunn(Favorite Author)

2.86 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0007258275 (ISBN13: 9780007258277)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

review 1: The story wasn't that bad but I personally think the name of the book should have been different. Before I started it I thought I was gonna read of the Queen's sorrow (just as the book suggests), but instead I found myself reading of this Spaniard, Rafael who ends up staying in England for over a year ...and with barely a mention of the queen herself. Also I did not get the ending..what happened to Cecily? Did she end up burned alive as well? And who took her son Nicholas?
review 2: I am really glad that this was a library book and not a book I had purchased, because, like so many other reviewers, I picked it up thinking it would be about Mary, when in fact, it was more about England during Mary's reign. The cover and the summary on the back are misleading, ev... moreen though the book itself isn't so awful. I figured out rather quickly that Cecily was hiding a secret and I expected some dramatic turn of events, and then when the big reveal happened, it was a disappointment. I also have no idea why the author chose to end the book the way she did, because it was very unsatisfying. Still, there were points throughout the novel, particularly when Rafael speaks with the Queen, where I found myself intrigued. It wasn't a complete letdown, but I won't recommend this book to my friends. less

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