About this title: Katherine of Valois was born into a turbulent era of her country. Her father, King Charles VI of France, suffered from bouts of insanity and her mother was notorious for her extravagances.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781400082520ISBN:1400082528
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Front cover has a crease near the spine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 403 p. Queens of England. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date Published: 1990-02-15
ISBN-13:9780399135316ISBN:0399135316
Description: Very Good. Binding is tight and square. DJ is VG. Text is clean and bright. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Description: Very Good. 0006178979 This 1991 MMPB evidences gentle use; it is clean and free of markings. Its cover shows only minor shelf wear, light corner creases; the spine is creased and just slightly cocked. Your book will be carefully packaged for transit in cardboard and weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative. read more
Description: Good. 0399135316 Condition: GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, dust jacket missing, cover wear, name written inside cover, considerable underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, binding loose, binding slants, pages tanning / curling, etc. Overall, the book is in decent shape. This is a blanket description. Please e us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of ... read more
Description: [0-00-617897-9] 1991, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback)...Good.......Ex-library with usual markings....Also writes as Philippa Carr, and Victoria Holt. Pseudonym of Eleanor Hibbert....(Historical Fiction) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fontana Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780006178972ISBN:0006178979
Description: Good. PAPERBACK BOOK-GOOD OVERALL CONDITION-TRUSTED DEVON (UK) BASED SELLER-IN STOCK-SENT WITHIN 1 WORKING DAY-AVAILABLE BY EMAIL FOR QUERIES-NO QUIBBLE REFUND IF NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED- read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fontana Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780006178972ISBN:0006178979
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fontana, U.K.
Date Published: 1991
Description: Very Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall Creasing to spine and small crease to corners. Some rubbing to edges. Pages tanned. Bindings tight. Text clean. read more
Description: [0-449-22008-7] 1992, 1st thus., 1st thus. (Mass market paperback) Very good. A nice, clean copy. Also writes as Victoria Holt, and Philippa Carr. (Historical Fiction) read more
"This was the first Plaidy book I'd read in years, ever since high school actually. I remembered loving her stuff back then, but as I read this one & The Sun in Splendour, I had the sense that the books were copiously cribbed histories with a minimal effort at dramatizing the whole thing. (No doubt a reason why she was so prolific.) The dialogue shows no real spark and is absurdly simplistic, and the pace is about as brief and deep as an encyclopedia article! From scene to scene, the same phrases and thoughts were repeated, as though we could have forgotten! Katherine of Valois is just a woman talking, not a friend or a confidante or even a real person, and this reader eventually didn't care. The reader is told who are the characters are, not shown.
So it was disappointing to realize that Plaidy's style isn't all that good, after years of nostalgia, but that's the way of so many childhood authors, I guess! I suppose that Plaidy is a good author to start with for a time period/royal personage, and then read a novel that is more focused and has more depth & narrative skill. IE, read Plaidy's Sun in Splendour and then Sharon Kay Penman's novel on Richard III. Do NOT read them in the reverse order, as I did, else you'll also be stabbing your eyes at Plaidy's dry, uninspired prose with the memories of Penman making it all the more excruciating. Better yet, save lots of time and read a Wikipedia entry and then grab Penman."
"This seemed written on a juvenile level. It was just a little too "cheesy" for my tastes. Although billed as historical fiction, so much of the book is contrary to the history books of this time period. I am not sure I am interested in reading more by this author, even though I had very high hopes."
I didn't enjoy this book as much as I thought I would. I was really going to give it only 2 stars but it picked up towards the end, earning itself 3 stars.
I'm actually glad I read this book because it goes further back in history then I've read before which helps put everything in perspective with what happens next. It's also nice to figure out who all these people were and what role they played in history. I really should have read the #1 in historical order first, but couldn't get my hands on it."
"A good introduction to the Wars of the Roses-in a somewhat easy way to read. I got a little lost with all of the Dukes of this and Dukes of that but overall a very good story. I liked the constant correlation between Kate/Katherine and what was going on in France as well as Henry's growing up."
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