Andrea's review
Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe
by Nancy Goldstone
Andrea's review
Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone
Andrea's review
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top-10-true-stories
What an exciting life these women lived! These women never had a dull moment and they didn't get everything they wanted in life either despite being a queen. I was fascinated by their financial troubles, their interactions with each other, their difficulties in marriage (which did not result in divorce) and the fall of the dice as it were where sometimes they won and sometimes they lost. This book is long but not because the author is verbose, the plot has a lot of twists and turns. I really liked how the author points out in single sublime sentences the turning points or grand result of all that went on in the chapter. It gives one a sense that she not only is writing what happened but has thought it out and come to a conclusion which is satisfying to read.
