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gmw · 05-02-2019, 09:54 PM

I'm glad you enjoyed it, Wearever. It's certainly an entertaining way to look at history and it gave the impression that Philippa Gregory has done as good a job of getting it right as she can ... but it doesn't do to forget that a lot of it is still fiction. On the other hand, it's certainly no worse (and definitely more accessible to a modern audience) than reading Shakespeare for history lessons.

I certainly found it to be more instructive than The Daughter of Time, but I guess we must still thank Josephine Tey for paving the way for books like this.

05-02-2019, 09:54 PM	#161
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,818 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	I'm glad you enjoyed it, Wearever. It's certainly an entertaining way to look at history and it gave the impression that Philippa Gregory has done as good a job of getting it right as she can ... but it doesn't do to forget that a lot of it is still fiction. On the other hand, it's certainly no worse (and definitely more accessible to a modern audience) than reading Shakespeare for history lessons. I certainly found it to be more instructive than The Daughter of Time, but I guess we must still thank Josephine Tey for paving the way for books like this.