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The Queen's Fool: A Novel (Boleyn)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780743246071
ISBN: 0743246071
Label: Touchstone
Manufacturer: Touchstone
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: February 03, 2004
Publisher: Touchstone
Studio: Touchstone
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Editorial Review:
A young woman caught in the rivalry between Queen Mary and her half sister, Elizabeth, must find her true destiny amid treason, poisonous rivalries, loss of faith, and unrequited love.
It is winter, 1553. Pursued by the Inquisition, Hannah Green, a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl, is forced to flee Spain with her father. But Hannah is no ordinary refugee. Her gift of "Sight," the ability to foresee the future, is priceless in the troubled times of the Tudor court. Hannah is adopted by the glamorous Robert Dudley, the charismatic son of King Edward's protector, who brings her to court as a "holy fool" for Queen Mary and, ultimately, Queen Elizabeth. Hired as a fool but working as a spy; promised in wedlock but in love with her master; endangered by the laws against heresy, treason, and witchcraft, Hannah must choose between the safe life of a commoner and the dangerous intrigues of the royal family that are inextricably bound up in her own yearnings and desires.
Teeming with vibrant period detail and peopled by characters seamlessly woven into the sweeping tapestry of history, The Queen's Fool is another rich and emotionally resonant gem from this wonderful storyteller.
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Rating: - Almost as good as The Other Boelyn Girl!
I thought this book was a fabulous, mesmerizing read. I've been reading Gregory's books in all the wrong order--started w/ The Other Boelyn Girl and then began pretty close to the beginning of her career, with the Wildacre trilogy and a few others that simply didn't hold a candle to her book about Mary Boelyn. Fortunately, The Queen's Fool is richly written, fascinating and multi-faceted. Hannah Green was a wonderfully developed character, and the plot twists among the princess half sisters made ... Read More
Rating: - Great book!!
Another wonderful read from Philippa Gregory. I read this on the heels of "The Other Boleyn Girl" a little out of sequence, I understand. In comparing the two, for me "The Queen's Fool" is far more subtle than "Boleyn Girl" yet is every bit as intriquing and interesting. This author does a great job in making the reader think what was behind Mary and Elizabeth's behavior.
Highly recommend!
Rating:  - One of my favorites
I loved this book. My favorite Gregory novel is The Other Boleyn Girl, and this comes a close second.
Other reviewers have criticized the author for her portrayals of Mary and Elizabeth in this book, but everyone needs to keep in mind that we are viewing these women through Hannah's eyes, and this is fiction, not a historical textbook.
Hannah is a very likeable character, who struggles throughout the book to come to terms with her gift of sight, her religious faith and ... Read More
Rating: - Philippa Gregory is brilliant!
Philippa Gregory hit yet another high note with The Queen's Fool. I love reading Philippa's books because I never feel like I'm reading fact after fact. I feel like I'm reading just another story I love, like Twilight and other books such as those. Even though this is a different genre I never feel as if it's a bunch of facts. The Queen's Fool is a story of a girl named Hannah Verde. Though she changed it to Hannah Green when she came to England. Hannah came to England with her father; her father is ... Read More
Rating:  - I don't get the rave reviewing...
I slogged through this novel, hoping to find some redeeming value, only to be disappointed. I found the pace slow, repetitive, and mostly boring. Some of the plot twists were interesting, but barely believable. The main character, Hannah, had no integrity. She curried favor with whomever she happened to be with at the time, and was very disappointing. No heroine here, really. I really wanted to like her, but her feminism and intermittant chutzpa just didn't correlate with what is known about women of ... Read More
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