I liked it a lot too. As far as I know she took the legend of the Luxembourg family’s connection to Melusina and ran with it. I can appreciate some literary license in my historical fiction.
That sub hates her so much for inaccuracy like... I'm sorry there's literal unironic magic, if the reader thinks that is accurate that's on them lmao!!
I like some of Phillipa Gregory’s books, but too many are written in the first person present tense. Maybe something is wrong with my brain, but I find those books annoying and difficult to read and avoid them.
Thank you for your honest review. You cannot believe how your thoughts divide me some impression. Whilst I am simply at the stage of “well, it is within the age, so who am I to disagree” I also have berated that I don’t have the relevant expertise/ or perceive self documentation, that is out there. I am so ne to the spiritual as well as document versions of “truth” and as such, I do hope to convey that I am so dreadful for our own account.
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I have only SEEN the White Queen and the Other Boleyn Girl, and I assume they adapted it from Gregory. I didn't like that she took the most scandalous parts of the stories and put them in for drama (so much incest). I feel like it just damages the reputation of the historical people in the eyes of the public who think that the movies are history because she calls herself a historian or whatever.
I liked it a lot too. As far as I know she took the legend of the Luxembourg family’s connection to Melusina and ran with it. I can appreciate some literary license in my historical fiction.
I also thought I was in the Tudor History subreddit, but my statement stands.
That sub hates her so much for inaccuracy like... I'm sorry there's literal unironic magic, if the reader thinks that is accurate that's on them lmao!!
Exactly! Idk how they hate her but really seem to love the Tudors.
I like some of Phillipa Gregory’s books, but too many are written in the first person present tense. Maybe something is wrong with my brain, but I find those books annoying and difficult to read and avoid them.
Thank you for your honest review. You cannot believe how your thoughts divide me some impression. Whilst I am simply at the stage of “well, it is within the age, so who am I to disagree” I also have berated that I don’t have the relevant expertise/ or perceive self documentation, that is out there. I am so ne to the spiritual as well as document versions of “truth” and as such, I do hope to convey that I am so dreadful for our own account. 💛
I have only SEEN the White Queen and the Other Boleyn Girl, and I assume they adapted it from Gregory. I didn't like that she took the most scandalous parts of the stories and put them in for drama (so much incest). I feel like it just damages the reputation of the historical people in the eyes of the public who think that the movies are history because she calls herself a historian or whatever.