My Lord John

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Review: My Lord John was Georgette Heyer's last book. It was supposed to be the first of a 3 part series but she died before completing it. It is the story of John the second son of Henry IV, brother to Henry V and grandson of John of Gault. The book begins in the nursery playroom with three little boys and dances back and forth between the views of their beloved grandfather, their father, their step grandmother, Katherine Swynford, the strange and sometimes insane Richard II and back again to each one of the boys. This is an impressive literary feat. Getting into a character's head and making that character come to life for the reader is hard and Heyer did it beautifully. Their are heroes here and villains, pitiful victims and people who were simply trying to get along. Heyer brought the Middle Ages to life. What a shame that she never got to finnish the series.