The Queen's Fool: A Novel (Boleyn) Philippa Gregory Digital Life Books

The Queen's Fool: A Novel (Boleyn)
by: Philippa Gregory

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780743246071
ISBN: 0743246071
Label: Touchstone
Manufacturer: Touchstone
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: February 03, 2004
Publisher: Touchstone
Sales Rank: 3153
Studio: Touchstone

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A young woman caught in the rivalry between Queen Mary and her half sister, Elizabeth, must find her true destiny amid treason, poisonous rivalries, loss of faith, and unrequited love.

It is winter, 1553. Pursued by the Inquisition, Hannah Green, a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl, is forced to flee Spain with her father. But Hannah is no ordinary refugee. Her gift of 'Sight,' the ability to foresee the future, is priceless in the troubled times of the Tudor court. Hannah is adopted by the glamorous Robert Dudley, the charismatic son of King Edward's protector, who brings her to court as a 'holy fool' for Queen Mary and, ultimately, Queen Elizabeth. Hired as a fool but working as a spy; promised in wedlock but in love with her master; endangered by the laws against heresy, treason, and witchcraft, Hannah must choose between the safe life of a commoner and the dangerous intrigues of the royal family that are inextricably bound up in her own yearnings and desires.

Teeming with vibrant period detail and peopled by characters seamlessly woven into the sweeping tapestry of history, The Queen's Fool is another rich and emotionally resonant gem from this wonderful storyteller.

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- A MUST READ
Wonderfully thought out and written is shows the history while being a great novel. You will read this again and again.

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- Almost as good as The Other Boelyn Girl!
I thought this book was a fabulous, mesmerizing read. I've been reading Gregory's books in all the wrong order--started w/ The Other Boelyn Girl and then began pretty close to the beginning of her career, with the Wildacre trilogy and a few others that simply didn't hold a candle to her book about Mary Boelyn. Fortunately, The Queen's Fool is richly written, fascinating and multi-faceted. Hannah Green was a wonderfully developed character, and the plot twists among the princess half sisters made this novel quite addictive. I'm half way through The Virgin's Lover now (definitely a sequel to The Queen's Fool, BTW) and am so glad that it seems to be of the same caliber, or better. Yay for the later works of Philippa Gregory!!

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- Great book!!
Another wonderful read from Philippa Gregory. I read this on the heels of "The Other Boleyn Girl" a little out of sequence, I understand. In comparing the two, for me "The Queen's Fool" is far more subtle than "Boleyn Girl" yet is every bit as intriquing and interesting. This author does a great job in making the reader think what was behind Mary and Elizabeth's behavior.

Highly recommend!

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- One of my favorites
I loved this book. My favorite Gregory novel is The Other Boleyn Girl, and this comes a close second.

Other reviewers have criticized the author for her portrayals of Mary and Elizabeth in this book, but everyone needs to keep in mind that we are viewing these women through Hannah's eyes, and this is fiction, not a historical textbook.

Hannah is a very likeable character, who struggles throughout the book to come to terms with her gift of sight, her religious faith and her place in the world as a woman.

In this book, as in The Other Boleyn Girl, it's the slow-building, passionate love story that touches me the most. The love story of Hannah and Daniel is very well-written and is my favorite part of the book. It is easy to see what draws them to each other and what keeps them apart. Though the road is bumpy, I was very pleased with the ending.

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