Devil's Brood - Sharon Penman
36/50
36 - Devil's Brood - Sharon Penman
Pages: 848
I've waited a long time for this book and it doesn't disappoint. There isn't another writer of historical fiction out there who can make it as real and gripping as Sharon Penman. What I particularly liked about this book is the sense of sadness and age that overhangs it - Henry and Eleanor growing old, apart, their sons tearing the family apart with their battles, the remembrance of things past, happier times, from the previous books. Henry and Eleanor are such vivid, vital characters and you really feel everything with them in this book. The only thing I could never sympathise with was Eleanor's attachment to Richard at the expense of her other sons, but then I've never ascribed to Good King Richard/Evil King John legend.