Blood Royal [Import] [Hardcover]

Diana Norman (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd (February 4, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0718142179
• ISBN-13: 978-0718142179
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,198,962 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars a waste of time, December 16, 2006

By 

Laura Levin Woolf (ma'aleh adumim, israel) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Blood Royal (Charnwood Library) (Hardcover)

Blood royal is the highly unlikely story of Lady Cecily Fitzhenry, who thoughtlessly gets involved in a Jacobean plot mainly because she is attracted to a young man, is forced into marriage as a punishment, and when her husband loses her fortune in the South Sea Bubble, starts a dubious career as a highway robber and innkeeper. The story started out on a promising note, but lost me the first time that "Lady" Cecily used the F-word. Sorry Diana, you did a lot of research into the historical background for your story; why didn't you extend it a little further to find out how ladies of the 18th century actually spoke and behaved? I stopped reading at that point and skipped to the last chapter, which held no surprises. This one is going straight back to the used bookstore!