Philippa Gregoryhas made a name for herself chronicling the lives of Tudor and Plantagenet women.
But Gregory fails to capture the spark of what makes so much of her previous work a gripping read.
Alinor’s ambitions, desires, and fears are certainly worthy of exploration in a novel.
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But Gregory strangely holds Alinor at arm’s length.
What is juicier than an illicit relationship with a priest who is also a royalist spy?
Gregory has become a shining star of women’s historical fiction over the last two decades.
