By: Alison Weir
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Format: e-ARC
Source: publisher via Edelweiss for an
honest review
Weir has taken the two lives of eerily
similar usurpers and entwined them in this engrossing novel of passion,
rivalry, betrayal, love and loss. Weir takes the reader from past to present by
telling the story of Katherine Gray, sister to Lady Jane Grey (the nine-day
queen), and Kate Planteganet, the illegitimate daughter of Richard III.
Throwing in the secret of the Princes in the Tower, Weir flawlessly weaves the
complicated lives of England’s royalty.
After Queen Mary Tudor overthrows Jane
Grey, Katherine’s life is thrown upside down and now she must walk the
tightrope between Mary and Elizabeth’s rivalry. Katherine has been told that
she will be next in line to inherit the throne but as court politics go, she is
passed up and Elizabeth ascends to the throne. Having already known what Mary
was up to, Elizabeth sees Katherine as a rival for the throne and will
do everything to stop her council from naming Katherine as the next in line. After
stumbling upon the mystery of the Princes in the Tower, Katherine finds that
her life is similar to Kate Plantagenet, whose father was believed to have done
away with the Princes. This mystery whiles away the hours that Katherine must
spend in the Tower because of Elizabeth’s wanting to keep her enemy close.
Kate has always thought that her father
could walk on water but soon she finds that there are many rumors and her own
life is in danger being who she is. After being forced into a marriage she
didn’t want, Kate finds her quest to discover what happened to the Princes and
clear her deceased father’s name, the only thing that keeps her mind off her
unhappiness
Though switching from one time period to
another was confusing at times, I thought Weir did an amazing job. I highly
recommend this for all Tudor obsessed fans just for the fact that it is a
unique and refreshing take on the mystery of the Princes in the Tower.
PURCHASE A DANGEROUS INHERITANCE
1 comments:
The book is rich in period detail and history, and the author weaves a compelling and interesting narrative. I found the book hard to put down, as I was drawn to the story of these two women. Those who like the historical fiction genre, as well as those who are fans of the author, will find much to enjoy in this book.
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