Historical Novels: The Wise Woman : A Novel (Paperback)

from lecari

I love her "Other Boleyn Girl" and liked the other books in that series, so I thought I'd branch out to her other historical fiction. I found this really disappointing. I have read other books with dislikable characters (eg "Talented Mr Ripley") and books with lots of sex (eg "The Reader") in the...

from dreamlikecheese

Wow. This book was severely disappointing. I've read many of Gregory's more recent works (most of her Tudor series for instance) and found them very enjoyable, if a little fluffy. This work however, has very few redeeming features. As many other reviews have noted, the main character in intensely...

from thiscatsabroad

I was going to say that this is my least favourite of Philippa Gregory´s work, but that would suggest that I liked this. I didn´t. I disliked it immensely. I found the character developmental of Alys unbelievable to the extreme and the lesbian plot twist completely out of character for Catherine....

from lecari

I love her "Other Boleyn Girl" and liked the other books in that series, so I thought I'd branch out to her other historical fiction. I found this really disappointing. I have read other books with dislikable characters (eg "Talented Mr Ripley") and books with lots of sex (eg "The Reader") in the...

from dreamlikecheese

Wow. This book was severely disappointing. I've read many of Gregory's more recent works (most of her Tudor series for instance) and found them very enjoyable, if a little fluffy. This work however, has very few redeeming features. As many other reviews have noted, the main character in intensely...