Published: 2016 by Simon and Schuster
Rating: 5/5
My thoughts:
That was enthralling. Philippa Gregory does not disappoint. She knows her genre and knows how to take her readers on freaking fascinating rides. This book literally made me feel every emotion possible:
At first I was tearing my hair out with Margaret’s character, she was so petty and childish even though she was the elder sister, but she sure grew quickly. Even though her character lapsed between mature and childish thoughts, I definitely grew to admire her at times. She’s the narrator of our story so we as readers are led to see things as she sees and feels how she feels. We grieve with her after the loss of her husband and son and we rejoice and then enrage with her about her subsequent marriages. I cannot believe how infuriatingly good Philippa Gregory portrayed Henry VIII, from a young boy where he was spiteful to his sisters and bewitching his parents (being their only surviving son) and casting Katherine aside for not giving him a live son.
The ending was so sad though, I think and hope Mary’s parting letter taught Margaret a lesson. After all they were three sisters, three queens and what is the use of that if they can’t care for one another? All throughout the book Margaret, Mary and Katherine campaigned to be queens of Scotland, France and England but how much did they lose on the way?
Definitely a book that will stay with me for some time.
