To Ruin A Queen

Perhaps my favorite of the Ursula Blanchard series. Ursula has survived a disastrous pregnancy and a bitter quarrel with her husband Matthew, and is back in England to bring her young daughter back to France - without being at all certain that she wants to live in France anymore herself. Once in Eng......more

Denna hade en gruvligt tråkig första halva, som jag verkligen inte ser poängen av att låta sträckas så långt. Att författaren självironiskt påpekar sina egna vanor och stilfigurer är sällan eller aldrig ett gott tecken; de gör hon på dessa sidor, och det var inte heller denna gång ett gott tecken. D......more

Too many twists and turns. It read more like an a picaresque novel rather than a mystery story. Still not boring, but definitely only a three star read.......more

This book started out slow and a bit boring but as I continued to read it got better. As a work of historical fiction it was okay. Some pretty underhanded things took place in this book, the worst being the Queen having a woman's child taken to get her to return home to England just to do a bit of s......more

Of the first four Ursula books, this was the first one I had a hard time starting and staying the course. Fortunately, I persevered and ended up thoroughly enjoying the book. There were lots of things I liked about this specific book once I was done with it - things such as how but for a single scen......more