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Summary: No one writes historical fiction like Jean Plaidy
Review: Queen of This Realm is one of Plaidy's best novels; a complete fictional look at the youth and reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Written as a memoir by Queen Elizabeth, you will learn about her first scandalous love affair with her step-mother, Katherine Parr's, husband and the following life-long, unconsummated love of her life, Robert Dudley. Love and betrayal were all a part of the Queen's life and it often reads like a soap opera!Queen Elizabeth was bold, highly intelligent, supremely vain, and one of the greatest monarchs of England. You will be taken in and enthralled by the story of her close calls with execution at the hand of her sister, Queen Mary, and her fascination with and eventual execution of her cousin, Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, who plotted to claim the English throne as her own for most of her life (her story is told in Royal Road To Fotheringay to be reissued Fall 2004). This is a stellar novel; you won't believe how fascinating history can be to read until you've read Plaidy! She has written over 50 books, most of which are out of print, but can be found in libraries and online. Once you start reading her, you can't stop!
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Summary: fabulous!
Review: this is a fantastic novel. all the characters--from elizabeth to robert dudley to lettice knollys--seems so real. plaidy has a magic touch.
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Summary: Most complete & balanced novel of Eliz.I I've read.
Review: Written in the first person, the novel makes us feel as though we know what Elizabeth Tudor felt & thought. Her historical fame is not glorified; her substantial faults are not understated; but we see possible reasons for both. Above all, we are shown how her incredible scholarship and insecure youth combined, enabling her (and in a man's world) to bring England from bankruptcy & religious strife to its first age great enough to be named for one person: "Elizabethan."
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