Because it is based on a real person and I can tell that the author did a lot of research and wanted to bring the character to light without too much fanciful intervention, I really praised the author for doing that. However some of it felt like filling pages for the sake of filling pages. I think this book could’ve been condensed to 400 pages and not 600. Moreover I felt like an epilogue was definitely needed with some kind of explanation about Emma‘s life. Even if it wasn’t about Emma but more about the fate of England it would’ve been nice.