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	• Sunne in Splendour Sharon Kay Penman Ballantine Books, 1990 - 944 pages average customer review:based on 142 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Incredible

My first Penman book. {Is that a play on words?} I love it!!!! I am going to start a study of English history if it is half as exciting as the author has hinted.

The Best of Penman

Penman has written several exceptional historical fictions that are a delight to those interested in literature about the middle ages. Of them all, this is the best. She has done an exceptional job in bringing Richard III the life, as a real person with both strengths and weaknesses. She makes her characters live in a full way, not two dimensional but in reality. I highly recommend this to anyone who seeks more knowledge of the late Middle Ages in England. It is a bit long, but well worth the time spent.

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If You Like British History. . .

If you like to read about British history, this is a fabulous book. The characters are well-defined, and although this is historical novel, it gives a completely different view of the characters than what you would read in other books - especially on Richard III. This book is a page turner, and well worth reading!

Wonderful

This is the book that first led me to believe that maybe Richard didn't do it. If you've ever felt sympathetic to Richard III then you'll like this book. Sharon K. Penman blends history and fiction together so you really feel like you are getting to the know the characters and don't feel as if you are just reading a textbook. It's a very enjoyable way to learn some history and if not to learn it's still a wonderful story to just enjoy.

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The Flip-Side

This book was recommended to my class by my history teacher who calls himself "a Richard III" advocate, and now I see where he gets this opinion.

Penman seems to have literally flipped Shakespeare's equally marvellous play. Every character who is revolting in the play is protrayed in a favourable light in the book. In this book, Richard is a puppet of fate and it is terrible to see him head towards his inevitable doom.

This story wraps you up in the intrigue, confusion, love and trechery of the day and carries you away. Each character touches your heart, be they good or bad. What a marvellously written, well-researched and convincing book!

I, too, am now a "Richard III advocate".

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