lady of the english by elizabeth chadwick

Fans of Philippa Gregory, Susanna Kearsley, Hilary Mantel, and Diana Gabaldon will be spellbound by this vividly detailed look into medieval history. Written with great historical accuracy, Lady of the English is a captivating novel of Medieval England. And for Adeliza, even the deepest love is no proof against fate. But for Matilda, pride comes before a fall. But Adeliza knows that Britain's crown belongs to a woman this time.īoth women will stand and fight for what they know is right for England's royalty. She will win her inheritance against all odds, and despite all men.Īdeliza, Henry's widowed queen and Matilda's stepmother, is now married to a warrior who is fighting to keep Matilda off the throne. But the men who support her rival, and cousin, Stephen do not know the iron will that drives her. I probably would have liked Lady of the EnglishĪ lot more if I hadn't had the comparison.Everyone who has raved about Elizabeth Chadwick as an author of historical novels is right.- Devourer of Booksįrom New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick comes a gripping, never-before-told, medieval battle of the sexes that sheds light on one of medieval royalty's most fascinating women-Queen Matilda.ġ135, England: Matilda, daughter of Henry I, knows that there are those who will not accept her as England's queen when her father dies. Well, I won't write off Elizabeth Chadwick just yet and I'll give her other books a shot. That isn't terrible, but it was more of a forgettable book than I was hoping and expecting. More like Christy English and Anne O'Brien than Juliet Grey or Susan Kay. I had been hoping for heavier historical fiction with excellent characterization, but instead this felt fluffy and very surface level. Her characterization in this book a lot and wish the book had been about her instead.

The only exception to this is of Henry I's second wife. While it seemed like she tried to humanize the characters, there wasĪlways an emotional distance and they felt very much like characters It seemed apologeticįor Matilda's temper and Geoffrey's violence. The scope of the war was huge and devastating.Ĭhadwick's version just fell flat in comparison. The tension between Matilda and her husband was crackling.

Her recounting of The Anarchy was so much more visceral. I've heard great things about her and so my Pretty sure this is the first Elizabeth Chadwick book I've read, and I

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Lady of the english by elizabeth chadwick