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Robin Maxwell (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Headline Review; New Ed edition (November 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0747266646
• ISBN-13: 978-0747266648
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating account of little-known part of Elizabeth's life, May 22, 2001

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Pamela Berkman (San Anselmo, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Virgin : Prelude to the Throne: A Novel (Hardcover)

Robin Maxwell is an excellent writer who brings her flawless research and sense of pacing to the high drama that was Tudor England. Although many people know the basics about Elizabeth I and the story, better than any melodrama or soap opera, of her father Henry VIII of England and Anne Boleyn, most people haven't heard about her life as a teenage princess and the challenges she faced in the house of her stepmother and her stepmother's husband, the charming Thomas Seymour. In Maxwell's hands, this becomes the story of Elizabeth's coming of age and also of how she first learns the art of "spin" that serves her so well later on. That alone makes the novel absorbing. But in addition, Maxwell's book is engaging and sexy and brings Elizabeth alive!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bewitching, November 8, 2002

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Hippolytos (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Virgin: Prelude to the Throne (Paperback)

Maxwell has delivered a deftly written novel that covers Elizabeth's life during the reign of her brother, Edward VI, and illustrates how Elizabeth, even in her formative years, was full or grace, dignity, intelligence and cunning. The portrait Maxwell paints is one of a young girl unsure of her position in the world, yet fiercely proud of her heritage. Elizabeth is both worldly and naive, an irresistable combination. We experience Elizabeth's first pangs of love and lust, her burgeoning friendship with Robin Dudley, and the conspiracies set against her by her own people. A brilliant concluding novel to Maxwell's trilogy. Highly recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Fiction Filled With Charistmatic Characters, March 8, 2005

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Gangofgin13 "Cinderella" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Virgin: Prelude to the Throne (Paperback)

Although the author admits she may have strayed off the precise history of the events that took place before Elizabeth took the throne, the story she tells is one full of passion, love, friendship and gives a good example of what many suppose the Tudor era was like. Her descriptions of each character, although extreme at times, portrays a good example of what history show them to be like.

I would recommend this book to anyone with a deep interest in Queen Elizabeth or the tudor era who is tired of reading the facts and wishes to enjoy a nice story along with it! Informative yet interesting all in one jolly package.