Couldn't put it down. Real life Indiana Jones adventure with the investigative spirit of The Orchid Thief.

This is a great kick butt girl hero sword and sorcery book for the 10-12 set.

It doesn't hold up that well reading it as an adult, but I still enjoyed it.

Geez. I read this book out of order and was pretty confused at the start. It stood on its own okay and was a rather gripping account of the mother of Henry Tudor. She is appallingly unlikable, which I really enjoyed. Seriously, someone should have told this pious shrew that pride is a sin. More's the better when Thomas, Lord Stanley comes into the picture as her incredibly traitorous husband. Good stuff.

An interesting conceit bogged down by excessive mentions of the protagonist's sexual prowess. It turns out that the number of times I will put up with an author describing how a character wants to boink his ultimate grandmother while time traveling in Byzantium is actually quite small. The history aspect of the novel was cool though!