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  • Heather
  • 11-10-12

Passes the time...

It's OK, not an intolerable read if you're busy in the garden or to accompany a long walk, but Weir's factual history is much more interesting and surprisingly, much better written. I don't think her fiction works because she's clearly more at home in non-fictional history than novels. Her dialogue is clunky and the descriptions sound awkward and contrived. The sex scenes are dire - definitely a candidate for the Bad Sex award in fiction!



Her non fiction books on Queen Isabella and Katherine Swinford are great reads and I thoroughly enjoyed them - she's one of my favourite historians - but I think she should leave historical fiction to Hilary Mantel. Try one of her proper histories intead!

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