Queen of the Conqueror: The Life of Matilda, Wife of William I

from RockStarNinja

To be completely honest this book deserves more than a 3 star rating but it took me so long to read that I really don't know what else to give it. It was well written and the author was very knowledgeable about a woman who most people have never even heard of.

from dianaleez

By far the most interesting aspect of this biography is the title. The author's style left me comatose.

from ang709

It was interesting to read about the life and times of Matilda, but this book was marred by the way the material was presented.I didn't like reading about events in Matilda's life only to be told afterward that the story had been embellished or completely fabricated. I would have liked a brief di...

from a1stitcher

A good book, about William the Conqueror's beloved wife. It reads more like a novel than a heavy and serious non fiction work.

from john257hopper

This is another superb biography by Tracy Borman. While the known facts of Matilda's life are clearly considerably less than those for Thomas Cromwell, and it is sometimes claimed that no proper biography of a Medieval woman is possible for evidential reasons, in this case the author weaves them ...