The Red Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #3) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Apr 26, 2011 Alex rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2011, historical, 4-stars, kindle, fiction, authors-g

I like historical fiction. I love accurate historical fiction. But here's the thing - promise not to tell anyone! - I really like Philippa Gregory. Despite the way that she likes to play hard and loose with her facts, the woman tells a bloody good story.

While there were parts of this that seemed to drag - for example, Margaret doing nothing but sitting in her house thinking foul thoughts and praying, on the whole this moved along nicely and Gregory did a good job of turning Margaret into a reaso ...more

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Apr 30, 2013 Chris Torretta rated it really liked it

A bit easier for me to read than the first, The White Queen. The plot wasn’t as filled with conflict. And thank goodness for that! I had to put the first down to take a bit of a breather but this one I flew through!

I was on the fence about this Queen, however. At first I was thinking I would like her more than Queen Elizabeth but as the story moved forward I became more confused with her motivation. Well, not her motivation, because that was always to put her son on the throne. But to the God as ...more

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Nov 04, 2013 Diana S rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2013, remember-2013

Here's another chapter in the Tudor Saga. This time we've experienced the story of The Red Queen, mother of Henry VII, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond.
In early childhood, Margaret was convinced that she was "Chosen by God" to do great things,like Joan of Arc.
When Margaret gave birth to her only child, Henry Tudor. She was once again convinced that its her God-granted "Destiny" to get her son on the throne.
Even though, she was a very difficult character. It was very interesting seeing co ...more

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May 02, 2011 Elle rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-star-reads, historical-fiction

I loved this book. I recommend reading The White Queen first, it made this one a lot easier to dive into. The White Queen is written from the point of view of Elizabeth Woodville, Queen of the York line, while The Red Queen is written from the point of view of Margaret Beaufort, the mother of the Lancaster heir. By reading both books you get a clear view of the War of the Roses from both sides of the lines. Unlike The White Queen, I found that it was easier to keep track of the characters in thi ...more

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