Susan Appleyard
Author of Queen of Trial and Sorrow
Works by Susan Appleyard
The Remorseless Queen 2 copies
The Forsaken Queen 1 copy
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- Works
- 12
- Members
- 19
- Popularity
- #609,294
- Rating
- 5.0
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 7
The story is told from Elizabeth Woodville’s point of view. It covers briefly her time before she met King Edward IV. Ms. Appleyard gives Elizabeth a believable voice for an educated woman of her time. She also gives her some of the pride that many authors feel was Elizabeth’s fatal flaw. The entire book was good but the last chapter was excellent. Elizabeth, facing her death, looks back over all that has happened and all that she has lost. She has come to terms with all of it. But the most wrenching sentence of the book is lurking there, “How long did my poor sons suffer the anguish of knowing that their lives were being snuffed out before they had really lived?”
This is where Ms. Appleyard excels with creating Elizabeth’s character. She creates a powerful but haunted woman who ultimately wakes and sleep with the death of her loved ones as a constant companion. I highly recommend Queen of Trial and Sorrow for any lover of historical fiction. Even if you are not familiar with the time period, the story is so well written you will find yourself transported by it.
"I was provided with a free copy of this book by Reading Deals Review Club so I could give an honest review."
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