La Gregory è una splendida cantastorie. Ho letto praticamente tutta la serie della Guerra dei Cugini, meglio nota come Guerra delle Due Rose e l'aspetto che ho maggiormente apprezzato è che sia stata data voce a figure femminili che generalmente non ne hanno. Certo, la Gregory ha romanzato, ha usato le fonti con licenza poetica, se così vogliamo definirla, ma ci ha fatto conoscere le donne che hanno partecipato a questa guerra che ha insanguinato l'Inghilterra per 30 anni circa. Lettura godibilissima. La consiglio vivamente.

Poor Anne Neville, she was a pawn in her Father's game, her mother, her sister and brother-in-law, and ever her husband Richard who went on to become king. I am still enjoying this fictionalized version of history. Although Anne at times was cunning, she was really only looking to please people. She was caught up in a game with no way to truly win.

Well written and all. The numerous deaths and unfortunate happenings near the end were a little off-putting and got kind of predictable.

I loves this account of Anne Neville. Having read the first three books in the series, it has been very interesting following all of the same players but from each person's point of view (the White Queen - Elizabeth Woodville, the Red Queen, the lady of the rivers - Jacquetta Woodville and now the Kingmaker's Daughter - Anne Neville). Same story but told 4 different ways. I LOVE it!

I loved how Anne Neville is portrayed as being a strong woman in the middle of the action, rather than as a side character. I also like how Richard is made out to be a kind, loyal and loving man, a stark contrast to Shakespeare's Richard III. Beautifully written, I can't wait for the next book, The White Princess!

Gregory may be eking the most books ever out of a single area of research--she has so far told the same stretch of story from the perspective of Jaquetta of Luxembourg, Margaret Beaufort Stanley, Elizabeth Woodville and now Anne Neville, with the next one moving slightly further to the Tudors for Elizabeth of York. This is kind of fun--she sides wholeheartedly with whoever she is focusing on, even to the demonization of the heroine of her previous book. In this case, she works hard to give personal agency to Richard III's queen Anne, who usually languishes as a victim or just a silent medieval woman without much documentation. I think she goes off too far into ridiculousness with Elizabeth Woodville as a witch, and Richard III having a thing going with his niece, but as partisan rumors go, it isn't any wilder than a hunchback and ghosts.

It's so intriguing to me how Philippa Gregory is able to write a series of novels, based on historical events, and switch perspectives-- how enlightening it is to think about the players of history and how they look from other perspectives.

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I really didn't like this companion novel as Anne never grew as a character. She never matured beyond her fear of Elizabeth Woodville and never questioned her husband's betrayal of a legal marriage. Anne just never seemed to grow beyond the child of 9 that we meet at the beginning of the story.