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Sandra Worth

Autor(a) de The King's Daughter

8 Works 931 Membros 46 Críticas 3 Favorited

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Séries

Obras por Sandra Worth

The King's Daughter (2008) 234 exemplares
Love & War (2003) 200 exemplares
Crown of Destiny (2006) 93 exemplares
Fall from Grace (1800) 76 exemplares
The Rose of York (2009) 11 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1954
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Canada (birth)
Educação
University of Toronto (B.A.)
Ocupações
historical novelist
lecturer
Prémios e menções honrosas
Authorlink New Author Awards Competition. Grand Prize (2000)
Authorlink New Author Awards Competition. Historical/Western Category. First Place Prize (2000)
Agente
Irene Kraas

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Sandra Worth is an award-winning author of novels chronicling the Plantagenet dynasty in England.  She is a frequent lecturer on the Wars of the Roses.

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476. Han pasado cinco años desde que la Casa de York, con su rey Eduardo IV a la cabeza, acabasen con las fuerzas de Lancaster en la batalla de Tewkesbury y de que Enrique VI fuera ajusticiado en la Torre de Londres. Eduardo parece sólidamente instalado en el trono de Inglaterra. Pero, poco a poco, las cosas se complican.
Su inestable y pendenciero hermano, Jorge, duque de Clarence, propaga el rumor de que el rey es un bastardo y, por lo tanto, él tendría que ocupar su puesto.
Jasper Tudor y su sobrino Enrique, emparentados por lazos de sangre con los Lancaster, siguen resistiendo a duras penas en las Marcas de Gales, sin que el poderoso ejército del rey pueda acabar con ellos definitivamente.
Elizabeth Woodville, la odiada reina, presiona a su marido para colocar a sus familiares en los puestos clave del reino, con lo que el descontento entre los grandes nobles crece.
Finalmente, el propio rey, antaño sano , joven y poderoso, ve como, debido a los excesos, su salud se va deteriorando…
… (mais)
 
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Natt90 | 2 outras críticas | Mar 27, 2023 |
Wakefield, Inglaterra. 30 de diciembre de 1460. Ricardo, Duque de York, y su segundo hijo Edmundo mueren víctimas de una emboscada de las tropas de Lancaster. Son malos tiempos para la Casa de York y hay que huir al exilio. Pero la fortuna es caprichosa y puede cambiar en cualquier momento.
Por una parte, los Lancaster, con un rey desequilibrado y una reina francesa fuerte y decidida capaz de cualquier cosa con tal de asegurar la herencia de su hijo.
Por otra parte, los York, con los hijos del asesinado duque; el guerrero y poderoso primogénito Eduardo a la cabeza de sus tropas, el inestable y pendenciero Jorge y, finalmente, el joven Ricardo, futuro Ricardo III, tan vilipendiado por la historia, pero que aquí se nos muestra como un personaje inteligente y capaz, que se desgarra por el amor que siente hacia Ana Neville, prometida de su gran enemigo.… (mais)
 
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Natt90 | 6 outras críticas | Mar 27, 2023 |
I would have given this book 5 stars except for the bit about Hastings (I won't elaborate as it would be a spoiler) which I think was totally unnecessary. As this is historical fiction and I understand that you need to take license when writing, traditionally authors stick to the essence of a person (at least as much as is known). I have read other books which characterize Hastings but never has anything like this been imagined. Other than that, I truly enjoyed the book and others have criticized the portrayal of Richard III as to much of a saint, dull, etc. If you have read other books regarding Richard III (historical fiction) they too have taken the same point. Historical fiction is just that - fiction. It is just a story and that is how I rate the book - whether I enjoyed it or not. If I want fact - I will choose to read non-fiction as I have done in the past. The book is an easy light reading and I am looking forward to reading the second book in the three part series.… (mais)
 
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ChrisCaz | 6 outras críticas | Feb 23, 2021 |
Enjoyed - book is well written but does not offer any new take on Richard and Anne's romance/relationship other than the annoying way he calls her "flower eyes". At least it wasn't used as much in this book as it was in the first book. I love reading historical fiction on Richard III but perhaps I am getting too saturated by them and there are only so many ways to tell the same story. All in all a short but good read. On to the final book of the series.
 
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ChrisCaz | 2 outras críticas | Feb 23, 2021 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
8
Membros
931
Popularidade
#27,577
Avaliação
½ 3.5
Críticas
46
ISBN
24
Línguas
2
Marcado como favorito
3

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