The Beggar Queen

By: Kelly Evans

Narrated by: Deryn Oliver

Kidnapped in seventh-century England and sold as a slave to a powerful mayor in France, Bathilde needs to adapt to survive. When the mayor’s beloved wife passes away, he looks to Bathilde for comfort. Fleeing his attentions, she is forced to live on the streets until she catches the king’s eye and everything changes.

Now a queen, Bathilde must provide the king with heirs and continue the charitable and social work that has become her life, all while fighting her detractors. By the end of her days, Bathilde had changed the face of medieval France forever.

How did a slave navigate the treacherous Merovingian courts and rise to rule an empire? And why have so few people heard of her?

Content Warning: sexual assault, childbirth trauma.

©2021 Kelly Evans (P)2021 Kelly Evans

boring

I love a long story, but this book simply got boring for me about half way through.

it seemed realistic but interesting. it was based on true story

Based in fact realistic but still intertaining. The main characters were warm and believeable. it describes things so
You can understanding about the time without being bored. The brutaly of the time is described well but doesn't let it detract from the main theme of the book. The author did extent job teaching history at same time keeping you intrigued. she only changed a few things to make more understand able.

Bad bad bad

Ridiculously superficial and anachronistic. LUNCH was not a thing in the 7th century CE. Such a sad waste of what could have been an interesting story. Poor writing, no actual character dev or anything remotely suggestive of the actual era. I gave up halfway through.