This novel is a great introduction to Henry VIII, for
someone like me who is about to begin to study him, as it gives an overview of
most of his reign, detailing his trials and triumphs from an outside
perspective. Gregory excels at making you love or hate characters and even
though I already knew what was going to happen to certain characters by set
historical events, I couldn't help but root for them. The only issues that I
can find with this book are that because it covers such a large period of time
and has to stick rigidly to events, sometimes it felt a little impersonal to
Margaret and became more of a book that just recounted events.
Overall, though,
this was an amazing novel and I would recommend it to anyone who loves
historical fiction or has an interest in the Tudors.
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