The Queen's Sorrow
by Suzannah Dunn
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Author: Suzannah DunnEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-01
ISBN: 0007258283
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Book Review: The Book Cover is Very Misleading
Summary: 2 Stars
"A Love Denied For Which a Country Must Suffer". That's on the front. In reading the back cover, one could get the impression that it was Mary Tudor's story, and Rafael was a close friend, or lover. Nothing could be furthur from the way the book plays out. Rafael comes to England with Phillip of Spain, to work on a sundial. He expects to only be there 6 weeks, but ends up staying over a year, because Phillip is kept in England. There is almost no dialogue; it is mostly Rafael's impressions of England and the English people. The book is slow moving and very over-written. Pages go on and on, with no movement forward in the story. Rafael and Queen Mary meet a few times, briefly, and they are like ships in the night-- no friendship develops other than their interest in children. The "great love" in the story is Rafael's love for his 4 year old son back in Spain. He has a fling with Cecily, the housekeeper where he is staying, and in the end betrays her, unknowingly. I would have enjoyed the book more if I had not felt mislead-- if it had been called "Rafael Goes To London", I would not have kept expecting something to happen between him and Mary. But it was so dull and drawn out that by the end I just wanted to get it finished.
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