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Brenda Honeyman

Auteur de The Warrior King

27 oeuvres 95 utilisateurs 4 critiques

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Comprend aussi: Brenda Clarke (1)

Œuvres de Brenda Honeyman

The Warrior King (1972) 15 exemplaires
Richmond & Elizabeth (1970) 14 exemplaires
All through the day (1983) 7 exemplaires
Harry the King (1971) 6 exemplaires
Queen and Mortimer (1974) 5 exemplaires
Good Duke Humphrey (1973) 4 exemplaires
The Far Morning (1982) 4 exemplaires
King's Minions (1974) 4 exemplaires
The Warrior King (1998) 4 exemplaires
Last of the Barons (1998) 3 exemplaires
The Lofty Banners (1979) 3 exemplaires
Rose in May, A (1984) 3 exemplaires
At the King's Court (1977) 3 exemplaires
Richard Plantagenet (1997) 2 exemplaires
Emma, the Queen (1978) 2 exemplaires
King's Tale (1977) 2 exemplaires
Edward the Warrior (1975) 2 exemplaires
All the King's Sons (1976) 2 exemplaires
Harold of the English (1979) 2 exemplaires
Brother Bedford (1972) 1 exemplaire
Macbeth, King of Scots (1977) 1 exemplaire
Golden Griffin (1976) 1 exemplaire
A Durable Fire (1993) 1 exemplaire
Kingmaker (1969) 1 exemplaire
Three Women (1987) 1 exemplaire
A Rose in May (1993) 1 exemplaire

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Date de naissance
1926-07-30
Sexe
female
Nationalité
UK
Lieux de résidence
Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK

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I wanted to read this, I really did - but first lines should grab the reader's attention by the scruff of the neck and not let it go. So when I saw this as the first line: The two young men were closely related, the father of the younger boy being first-cousin to the elder, and their mothers having been sisters I juddered to a halt, and haven't been able to face ploughing on through the chapter or indeed the book.

Skimming it, I've seen a lot of exposition, and a startling description of Henry's injury at Shrewsbury as making the blood run down his face. Surely the author knew that the arrow lodged in the base of his brain and took days to extract? It doesn't augur well for the rest of the book.

Certainly the historical Henry is a difficult character to write about sympathetically, and the times were hard, but the author didn't seem to want to engage with either her subject or her readers. Perhaps it gets better later on? If so, I'm prepared to admit that I made an over-hasty judgement.
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hyarrowen | Jul 5, 2012 |
Disguised as a romance novel (see the cover art and the blurb) this is actually not a bad little history of Henry VII's rise to the throne. NOTE: I have no idea why this review is dated 1969!
 
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Kathleen828 | 1 autre critique | Mar 5, 2008 |
 
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rustyoldboat | May 28, 2011 |

Statistiques

Œuvres
27
Membres
95
Popularité
#197,646
Évaluation
2.9
Critiques
4
ISBN
42
Langues
1

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