The Kings Curse (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #7)

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The final novel in the Cousins War series, the basis for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries, The White Queen, by 1 New York Times bestselling author and the queen of royal fiction USA TODAY Philippa Gregory tells the fascinating story of Margaret Pole, cousin to the White Princess, Elizabeth of York, and lady in waiting to Katherine of Aragon.Regarded as yet another threat to the volatile King Henry VII s claim to the throne, Margaret Pole, cousin to Elizabeth of York known as the White Princess and daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, is married off to a steady and kind Lancaster supporter Sir Richard Pole For his loyalty, Sir Richard is entrusted with the governorship of Wales, but Margaret s contented daily life is changed forever with the arrival of Arthur, the young Prince of Wales, and his beautiful bride, Katherine of Aragon Margaret soon becomes a trusted advisor and friend to the honeymooning couple, hiding her own royal connections in service to the Tudors.After the sudden death of Prince Arthur, Katherine leaves for London a widow, and fulfills her deathbed promise to her husband by marrying his brother, Henry VIII Margaret s world is turned upside down by the surprising summons to court, where she becomes the chief lady in waiting to Queen Katherine But this charmed life of the wealthiest and holiest woman in England lasts only until the rise of Anne Boleyn, and the dramatic deterioration of the Tudor court Margaret has to choose whether her allegiance is to the increasingly tyrannical king, or to her beloved queen to the religion she loves or the theology which serves the new masters Caught between the old world and the new, Margaret Pole has to find her own way as she carries the knowledge of an old curse on all the Tudors. Best Download The Kings Curse (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #7) By Philippa Gregory For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr First thing s first, I do have to say I think The King s Curse is better than The Kingmaker s Daughter and The White Princess The Kingmaker s Daughter had what was, for me, a really grating first person voice and I simply could not care for what happened to Anne Neville and her obviously skewed world view With The White Princess it was simply a case of boredom The character of Elizabeth of York in that novel was dull and uninteresting, and I grew weary of her constant recycled conversations w First thing s first, I do have to say I think The King s Curse is better than The Kingmaker s Dau...If you love English history but don t like dry history read these books Phillippa Gregory has a wonderful way of making English history come alive.I received this book as an advanced reading copy to give it an honest review may contain spoilers.This is the 6th book in the Cousins War series and the one which most closely entwines itself with the Tudor Series that Philippa Gregory had previously written It focuses on Margaret Pole, the daughter of the Duke of Clarence, who was executed by drowning in a vat of wine She was a Plantagenet Princess and this book covers the period 1499 1541 in time from when Katharine of Aragon comes to En I received this book as an advanced reading copy to give it an honest review may contain spoilers.This is the 6th book in the Cousins War series and the one which most closely entwines itself with the Tudor Series that Philippa Gregory had previously written It focuses on Margaret Pole, the daughter of the Duke of Clarence, who was executed by drowning in a vat of wine She was a Plantagenet Princess and this book covers the period 1499 1541 in time from when Katharine of Aragon comes to England and her eventual death Although Margaret Pole had been mentioned in other books about the Cousins War, I knew little about her before reading this book.This book, as with the others is well researched and detailed, but doesn t as others have re worked the same information from a different perspective It is further down the timeline and the Tudors are on the throne and not the Yorks Because of the long period of time that the book covers, there ...I loved Philippa Gregory s books once I still love some of her earlier works, either because I was younger when I read them and my tastes have since changed, or because she simply wrote withskill, andcare then Either way, her last few works, indeed, every one that has covered the Cousins War, have been a complete and utter disappointment to me She has become a prolific writer in the sense that she will churn out a new book every year, or every second year, but the protagonist in I loved Philippa Gregory s books once I still love some of her earlier works, either because I was younger when I read them and my tastes have since changed, or because she simply wrote withskill, andcare then Either way, her last few works, indeed, every one that has covered the Cousins War, have been a complete and utter disappointment to me She has become a prolific writer in the sense that she will churn out a new book every year, or every second year, but the protagonist in each, hell, all the characters in each, will speak with the exact same voice, and be apparently incapable of anything but endless repetition They are mind numbing and stripped of all the vibrancy of life You would not think reading these books that these were the women who were beautiful enough and clever enough to be the greatest in the land, to survive and triumph at the heart of a court driven by ambition, intrigue and betrayal You would not empathise with them, or feel anything beyond frustration at their portrayal This...For staunch Tudor lovers, the name Margaret Pole is not an unfamiliar one Yet, even though the Countess of Salisbury was smack dab in the middle of courtly drama she seems to play a side note in most books Phillippa Gregory brings Pole to the forefront in her latest historical fiction novel, The King s Curse.Before I even proceed further, I want to make something clear for those who aren t regular readers of my reviews I do not think of Gregory as a God nor of her work as the Bible Her bo For staunch Tudor lovers, the name Margaret Pole is not an unfamiliar one Yet, even though the Countess of Salisbury was smack dab in the middle of courtly drama she seems to play a side note in most books Phillippa Gregory brings Pole to the forefront in her latest historical fiction novel, The King s Curse.Before I even proceed further, I want to make something clear for those who aren t regular readers of my reviews I do not think of Gregory as a God nor of her work as the Bible Her books of the past few years have been fluffy, filled with historical liberties, and with an overabundance of fantasy topics like magic Don t even get me started on her obsession with the, As you know, Bob style of w...Who is ever going to find the courage to name what isandclear that the king does not see the world as it is, that his vision is unreal, that though it is treason to say it the king is quite mad.At first I thought that I may have read too many Henry VIII novels, as everything felt very familiar, but as I got further into the book I understood why Philippa Gregory decided to use Margaret Plantagenet as the narater It allows a much wider view of this era, as well as Henry Most of her Who is ever going to find the courage to name what isandclear that the king does not see the world as it is, that his vision is unreal, that though it is treason to say it the king is ...Now that it s been published, I m moving my comment into the review space.I m starting to feel that all my reviews for the books in this series could be copy pasted.The format of 1st person narrator giving a chronology of events still isn t working Gregory s language needs to belayered and the character voicesdistinct Otherwise, it reads like a boring recitation of who said and did what with the only distinguishing characteristics between the various players being their names.Her w Now that it s been published, I m moving my comment into the review space.I m starting to feel that all my reviews for the books in this series could be copy pasted.The format of 1st person narrator giving a chronology of events still isn t working Gregory s language needs to belayered and the character voicesdistinct Otherwise, it reads like a boring recitation of who said and did what with the only distinguishing characteristics between the various players being their names.Her writing has changed a lot since Wideacre, and not for the better This will indeed be the last recent book by Gregory that I read, though I still flirt with the idea of finishing her YA series At least the books are shorter, not 600 pages of dialogue and description that has a case of OCD Vocabularis, which fluffs a slim story into a 600 page chunkster.Have you ever read a Jean Plaidy book about Henry Katherine Anne and the body count that little domestic kerfuffle causes Well, then you know the story presented here, ...I have great respect for any author that can make history cool and as such I am a huge Philippa Gregory Fangirl I have read all of her Tudor Court and Cousins War novels and unfortunately I must say that this was my least favourite of hers The quality of writing is still just as high as all of her other works, but I found Margaret Pole to be an unlikable characterand I m saying this as someone who has read The Other Boleyn GirlI think I may also have disliked this book a little simply bec I have great respect for any author th...Anyone interested in learningabout the life of Margaret Pole, the daughter of George Plantagenet, the 1st Duke of Clarence and Isabella Neville, eldest daughter of the Kingmaker, will find Philippa Gregory s research interesting and informative.Hmmmm.what did I think Well first off, I haven t read any of the other Cousins Of War books and by the reviews,you either love the series or hate it I never read a trilogy series backwards or in another order because I always feel I miss something that way So..the only reason I have done so was because my library got it in the hold would be forever and I got it first and I know nothing about Margaret Pole And this can be read as a stand on it s own The setting for the story is 15t Hmmmm.what did I think Well first off, I haven t read any of the other Cousins Of War books and by the reviews,you either love the series or hate it I never read a trilogy series backwards or in another order because I always feel I miss something that way So..the only reason I have done so was because my library got it in the hold would be forever and I got it first and I k...

The Kings Curse (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #7)
  • English
  • 02 March 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 610 pages
  • 0857207563
  • Philippa Gregory
  • The Kings Curse (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #7)