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Chargement... The Poyson Garden (1999)par Karen Harper
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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. Although this got overall good reviews, I just could not get into the story. There were parts meant to be a bit humorous but that did not help either. I think I just could not get into Elizabeth being the type to solve the mystery of the poisoner in the ways she did. Dressing up as commoners, breaking into manors and then stealing, just did not fit my idea of her as the future queen. Never really read the last 100 pages, just not in the mood. ( ) A pleasant little read. This is a cosy mystery set in Tudor times with highly improbable, although very intriguing, scenario of Princess Elizabeth investigating a plot to poison her, and all other Boleyns. If you suspend the belief that this would have happened to a heavily guarded political prisoner. Then this is a very enjoyable read. Queen Mary is still in power, although believed to be dying. Princess Elizabeth is banished to Hever Castle, this much is true to history. But having the princess dressing up as a man to climb out from the castle and do her investigations then scuttle back in the morning, or a day or so later – was not believable at all. Mind you, the author had the princess’s lady-in-waiting banning entry to the royal bedchamber of the household members saying that the princess Elizabeth was ill. now, this DID happen in true life – but historians merely thought it a ruse to have a break from the constant watching. Was she really off investigating crimes? Title: The Poyson Garden Author: Karen Harper Genre: Historical fiction # of pages: 310 Start date: 5/24 End date: 6/02? Borrowed/bought: borrowed from library My rating of the book, F- [worst] to A [best]: B Description of the book: The first book in the Elizabethan series by Karen Harper, Elizabeth is exiled in the English countryside awaiting her fate during the last years of her half sister Mary Tudor's reign. She plunges herself into an investigation with multiple murders and a master poisoner. Along the way, she meets many new characters, and forms a "privy plot council" which she continues to use in later books in the series. Review: This book was great as a work of fiction. I enjoyed its many plot twists and rich descriptions. However, It was difficult for me to suspend my belief long enough to enjoy the fact that it was this historical figure of Royalty that was doing all this crazy stuff. I've read some historical fiction before but never actually about a major historical figure. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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The letter came in secret, with a pearl eardrop from an aunt long thought dead, resurrecting the forbidden past. Banished by her spiteful half sister, Queen Mary, to Hatfield House in the English countryside, twenty-five-year-old Princess Elizabeth cannot refuse the summons. The Boleyns are in grave danger. And Elizabeth, daughter of Anne Boleyn, is marked for death by a master poisoner whose reign of terror may have royal sanction. With her few loyal retainers, Elizabeth escapes to Kent. Here, in her ancestral Hever Castle, now held by the Queen's loyalists, Elizabeth seeks to unravel the plot against her. And here, in the embrace of intrigue and betrayal, the princess must find a brilliant, powerfully connected killer--before the killer finds her.... Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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