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Bezig met laden... The Court of the Midnight King (editie 2003)door Freda Warrington
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Hm, I'm torn on this one. It certainly has an interesting central concept, juxtaposing the fading days of a female-oriented, Earth Mother-worshipping religion with the last years of the Wars of the Roses, I've always been intrigued by Richard III (and by alternate histories), and it contains the author's usual elegant prose. But the characterisation is definitely a bit thinner than I'm used to in Warrington's work. Though there's some good material in them, the modern age bookends to chapters feel clumsy, and there's far too much talking about important historical events after the fact ("oh, by the way, this happened since the last chapter"), leeching the narrative of some great sources of tension. But what she does capture well is the wretchedness of the York family, tearing itself apart over and over, not to mention the biting, backstabbing world of (quasi-)15th century England, and the mild fantasy aspects of the novel are quite vivid and well-handled. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
The Wars of the Roses - colourful, full of fury and passion. In our histories - and Shakespeare's play - Richard the Third dies on Bosworth Field, hacked to death in a just ending. But another Richard exists, who is still loved in the North of England and remembered as their best ruler. But how can these two opposites have co-existed in the same world? Or did they? Through the eyes of Lady Katherine we see Richard grow up in a strange world where both Mother Goddess and patriarchal Christian God exist, and the struggle between the two religions is mirrored in that between York and Lancaster. From their teenage years, Freda Warrington traces Richard and Katherine's story during one of the most fascinating times in England's history. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I loved that a story with which I was already familiar managed to nonetheless keep me guessing right up until the end, thanks to the original twists Warrington wove into it. I found myself wanting to rush along to see how it would all wrap up, while at the same time wishing the book would go on forever because it was so, so good and so fun to read.
If you are at all into (i.e. fixated on) the story of Richard III, then you have to give this version of it a try. I doubt you’ll regret it. A solid and easy five stars. ( )