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| The Queen's Sorrow | 
 enlarge | Author: Suzannah Dunn
Publisher: HarperPress
Category: Book
List Price: £12.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 21253
Media: Paperback
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.8 x 1.1
ISBN: 0007258275
EAN: 9780007258277
ASIN: 0007258275
Publication Date: July 21, 2008
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Condition: UNREAD but may have a crease or mark or minor imperfections. In stock - Sent fast from British booksellers.
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 massively disappointing October 9, 2008
I've read "Queen of subtleties" which i quite enjoyed and "the sixth wife" which was entertaining although disappointing in that it was utterly fictional. But this book is truly the worst i've read this year - i'm so annoyed to have spent money on it! I was so interested and looking forward to a book on Mary Tudor - whereas Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth, indeed alot of Henry and his wives have been written about frequently not many really focus their attention on Queen Mary I. But halfway in Mary had only had two insignificant cameo appearances and I was so bored by the story of the dull and not particularly likeable Rafael. Don't read this book if you wish to read about Mary - read it for a vaguely interesting story of a Spaniard in tudor times - although half the time you think he could be in Londn in any old century. Next time I'll keep my money and wait till I can pick uyp Dunn's books in a charity shop or library.
Absolutely awful August 31, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
It is very rare that I do not finish a book but this one was so bad I just couldnt be bothered after getting half way through. If you want to know anything about Mary Tudor dont bother with this book which centres around a Spanish sundial maker, a shallowly drawn character who seems pretty pointless. Mary Tudor is barely mentioned! If you must read this book then borrow it from the library and dont waste your money on buying it.
How did I make it until the end? August 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
So disappointed in this book. I wonder why I read it all? I suppose I was hoping it would improve, it didn't. It wasn't about Mary Tudor but about a naive man I didn't feel at all sorry for and as for the ending; it was just awful. What a waste of time and money. If you like historical fiction stick with Phillipa Gregory.
 Moving and believable August 29, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a story! Great choice of subject -- a look at Mary 'Bloody' Tudor, the less well-known of the Tudors, through the eyes of a Spanish sundial maker. It's an inspired way to look at the court, which puts you right in the thick of the action, but also gives you a bit of distance so you see all the absurdities and eccentricities. Brilliant depiction of London and a very moving story.
An engrossing window on Tudor England August 29, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this. The story concentrates on Rafael, a Spanish sundial maker, but through his experiences we get an incredibly vivid sense of what life under neurotic Mary Tudor must have been like for the man on the street. I liked the fact that this wasn't set entirely at court, and think Dunn does a fabulous job of bringing the city of London to life in all its intimate, 16th-century detail - I loved following Rafael through twisting streets as he gets to know the city and starts to realise the tensions that are tearing it apart. Part affecting doomed love story, part historical romp, I'd definitely recommend this.
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