The Queen's Fool : A Novel | Philippa Gregory

The Queen's Fool : A Novel | Philippa Gregory | The Queen's Fool

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	The Queen's Fool : A Novel Philippa Gregory, 2004 - 512 pages average customer review:based on 203 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A wonderful read

Gregory is one of my favorite novelists. Her tale of secret Jewish life, as well as the life of English court during the time of Queen Mary, was very interesting. Her descripton of Mary, her half sister, Elizabeth, Lord Robert Dudley (Elizabeth's married lover), among others, was very plausible. I felt like I was there in the 16th century England! My heart skipped a beat when the heroine of the book, Hannah Green, was arrested for heresy. Hannah's fear of being burned alive, just like her mother did, came through the pages. Was this book historically accurate? Who cares? This book is a novel and not a documentary! Maybe Gregory put too much sympathy on Bloody Mary (as Queen Mary became known historically), but this is Gregory's take on what made Mary act the way she did. Making history come alive can't be all that easy. Gregory does it with ease. I absolutely enjoyed reading this book!

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The Queen's Fool

Gregory is a great writer. She draws you in immediately and it's hard to put the book down.

LOVED THIS BOOK

You will love this book if you love English history and novels written in that period. We are going to London in one month, and I am anxious to see some of the places talked about in the book. I highly recommend - the story keeps you interested throughout the whole book!!

ANOTHER WINNER

WONDERFUL BOOK, COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN. CAN'T WAIT TO READ THE NEXT BOOK BY GREGORY.

Another good Gregory book

I enjoyed the book. Philippa Gregory created a believeable character in Hannah, the Queen's fool, as she went from a girl disguised as a boy to a lovely young woman, This was historical fiction at its best. My favorite is still "the Other Boleyn Girl", but this was a close second.

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