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the_freya's Reviews (216)
An absolutely fantastic debut novel. Morrison's writing brings Elizabethan London to life. Susan (Nsowah) shows the reader another, and often absent, point of view of this period of popular history.
This was a bit of a heavy read. Uglow has done such detailed research in the lives of people living in Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. However, a lot of the time it strayed from the social history and focused heavily on politics and the wars. It made reading this a struggle at times, as I lost interest in these sections.
This will be the last time I will read a Gregory. The book wasn't very immersive as the characters just felt too modern and didn't feel believable as Tudor characters.
Katherine Parr, 'Kateryn', was a character that read like one of Gregory's younger heroines - a teenager - not a scholarly woman in her early thirties. It does covered Parr's theological pursuits but lacked any depth. The only historical figure she got right was Henry VIII and his madness. Even then, Gregory liked to focus more on how fat and disgusting he was. Constantly reminding us of this throughout the book.
A lot of the plot was focused on Katherine pining for Thomas Seymour (which she always referred to him by his full name). It was very boring and repetitive.
Katherine Parr, 'Kateryn', was a character that read like one of Gregory's younger heroines - a teenager - not a scholarly woman in her early thirties. It does covered Parr's theological pursuits but lacked any depth. The only historical figure she got right was Henry VIII and his madness. Even then, Gregory liked to focus more on how fat and disgusting he was. Constantly reminding us of this throughout the book.
A lot of the plot was focused on Katherine pining for Thomas Seymour (which she always referred to him by his full name). It was very boring and repetitive.
Volume 1 of the Nana is an introduction and sets the back stories to the two main characters (Nana K & Nana O).
