| The Queen's Sorrow | 
 enlarge | Author: Suzannah Dunn
Publisher: HarperPress
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 14417
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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 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
6 out of 8 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.
 Very disappointing August 23, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Some atmospheric description, and a promising start - but really stalled and spluttered.
I was most frustrated by the ending, which was unbelievable, from all angles.
Feel misled by the cover synopsis.
 An abrupt end! August 22, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book was a real disappointment, having read a number of historical novels recently. The story never really gets going, and the references to Queen Mary are few, and a bit trite. The story then abruptly stops, and I am still not clear what happened to the other key character? Left me feeling very dissatisfied, what a shame!
UTTER RUBBISH August 22, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I really tryed hard with this book but after 3 attempts gave up, as a historian, it was utter drivel, the title is misleading, after half the book, Mary was mentioned twice, i have never read such a boring book.
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