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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book because I loved the romance that Richard III had with Kate...the history isn't what you would read this one for..and I am not one to HAVE to have the facts laid out before me I know enough to go and look to NON fiction when I have questions. As I see it there are only so many ways ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35235911">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think this could have been a much more enjoyable book had the editor had a stronger hand.  It's very easy to read, not too many vocabulary words to look up, in fact I only have six written down and the book is over 600 pages.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, I thought the first 370 pages were pretty dull...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34215701">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Just under halfway through this sprawling historical fiction/romance I'm throwing in the towel.  I really like the characters, the setting, and most of the writing, but I know it's about to get all bosom-heaving-tragedy and I just don't have it in me.  I am not invested enough to want to put myself ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9546700">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I gave this two stars instead of one because I did enjoy the first two parts. It lost me in the third. When the heroine gave herself to Richard and agreed that it was ok to break her married vows, but when he marries into a woman of &quot;his station&quot; it would not be ok for him. I say, No Deal....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72499053">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Don't bother is what I learned from this book! No, it was okay, but I've read other historic fiction that I fancied much more. I also learned that English men in the 1500s wore really wild outfits, like striped tights and padded colorful shirts and other such garb. Can you imagine? Would be such the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18827083">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Had high expectations, but prose clumsy, plot forced, and characters stiff and unconvincing. Dutiful - not dynamic - history. Despite good intentions, not enough heart. Almost hagiographic. Beautiful cover, but for a much more compelling version of the Richard III/War of the Roses stories, look to P...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17409226">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually read this book twice.  It's a little bit trashy, historical fiction.  Total guilty pleasure for lovers of Masterpiece theater.  Nice and long, fast read.  About Richard III and his mistress.  Sex, murder, intrigue, love...]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I would have to say it has been quite awhile since I have wept this many times while reading a book. I found this book to be very personal and enriching. While I am not much of a historical fiction person, my interest has now been caught up in this time period. Anne Easter Smith is a masterful story...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80775523">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love an author who takes a fictional character and tells us all about the history of the time. One of my favourite books is the Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory because I loved the fictional character of Hannah. This book was as good as that and I loved the character of Kate.<br/><br/>Kate leave...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36459880">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading this book was both joyful fun and heart-rending! I loved the clear images of what life was all about in that time in England on the farm and at court, and that may have been my favorite aspect of this book.  Smith stayed close to recorded history on all details and I like that very much.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13491394">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is Anne Easter Smith's first novel in her &quot;series&quot; set in Plantagenet and Tudor England. (The books are connected by characters and time periods but do not have to be read in order). I have read the third one (The King's Grace, see previous review) and I am looking forward to Daughter...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63866959">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book shortly after my second child was born and loved it.  Although the historical figures were lost on me (this is a segment of English history I know little about and care less about), the characters were well-developed, there's a fitting combination of love, lust and tragedy, and it h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61162674">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[AN UNFORGETTABLE HEROINE, A KING MISUNDERSTOOD BY HISTORY, A LOVE STORY THAT HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD<br/>A Rose for the Crown, we meet one of history's alleged villains through the eyes of a captivating new heroine -- the woman who was the mother of his illegitimate children, a woman who loved him for who he really was, no matter what the cost to herself. As Kate Haute moves from her peasant roots to the luxurious palaces of England, her path is inextricably intertwined with that of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard III. Although they could never marry, their young passion grows into a love that sustains them through war, personal tragedy, and the dangerous heights of political triumph. Anne Easter Smith's impeccable research provides the backbone of an engrossing and vibrant debut from a major new historical novelist.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I studied about the War of the Roses in history but I did not learn it in as much detail as I have in the three books by Anne Easter Smith.  I enjoyed this new view of a kinder gentler Richard III.  I had not realized that his reign was so short.  I love the way she fleshes out her characters and fi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67309766">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to star this one over and over and over. By the third time, I finally got into it, but it did take about 200 pages for the story to pick up. If you have a lot of time, please read this, but for the &quot;quick read&quot; or &quot;airport read&quot; you'd be better off with something else.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the most touching &amp; complex love stories I have read in a long time.  It is based on historical facts &amp; it is clear that Smith did a significant amount of research to ensure the accuracy of the history that she has weaved into the fiction.  I cried for the entire last 1/2 of the book.  The ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65030018">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A good summer or beach read. Reminds me of Sharon Kay Penman and Phillipa Gregory without as much history as Penman's and definitely less of Gregory's gratuitous(and sometimes disgusting descriptions of) sex. I may end up giving it 4 stars.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So glad I picked up this book -- it was certainly on a whim, and very worthwhile. The story of Kate Haute will stay with me for a long, long time, until it starts to fade, and then I'll read it again. I am a huge fan of heroic women in a man's world, and Kate is definitely a strong one who moulded h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48880133">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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