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Chargement... The Widow Queen (édition 2021)par Elzbieta Cherezinska (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. An interesting, historical fiction novel about Swietoslawa, a Polish Queen, who I knew nothing about before reading this novel. For some reason when I requested this ARC, I thought that this was a fantasy novel, I was mistaken. It has vikings, queens, kings, drama, and romance. It was well written and I am looking forward to reading the second book The Last Crown. On a separate note, I wish I could speak Polish so I could pronounce Swietoslawa's name and the names of her lynxes correctly in my head while reading. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"Elzbieta Cherezinska's The Widow Queen is the epic story of a Polish queen whose life and name were all but forgotten until now. The bold one, they call her-too bold for most. To her father, the great duke of Poland, Swietoslawa and her two sisters represent three chances for an alliance. Three marriages on which to build his empire. But Swietoslawa refuses to be simply a pawn in her father's schemes; she seeks a throne of her own, with no husband by her side. The gods may grant her wish, but crowns sit heavy, and power is a sword that cuts both ways"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)891.8Literature Literature of other languages Literature of east Indo-European and Celtic languages West and South Slavic languages (Bulgarian, Slovene, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, and Macedonian)Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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This book was interesting but also dense - there was a lot going on! It wasn't as captivating as I had hoped (though still interesting) but I am thinking some of that may be due to the translation (I would give it a little less than 4 stars, rounded up). I also felt that from the book synopsis that it was going to be solely about Swietoslawa and, while most of it did in fact revolve around her, there were many other points of views and players and sides that were part of it that I wasn't expecting. It was wonderful to read about a period of time and place that I had no idea about.
PS I hope the full published version has a pronunciation guide because I am sure I am pronouncing almost every name incorrectly! ( )