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The Queen's Fool : A Novel | 
| Author: Philippa Gregory
Category: Book
Buy New: $24.31
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Avg. Customer Rating:  194 reviews
Sales Rank: 233715
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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
ASIN: B000CC49NU
Publication Date: November 2, 2004
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Product Description
A young woman caught in the rivalry between Queen Mary and her half sister, Elizabeth, must find her true destiny amid treason, poisonous rivalries, loss of faith, and unrequited love.It is winter, 1553. Pursued by the Inquisition, Hannah Green, a fourteen-year-old Jewish girl, is forced to flee Spain with her father. But Hannah is no ordinary refugee. Her gift of "Sight," the ability to foresee the future, is priceless in the troubled times of the Tudor court. Hannah is adopted by the glamorous Robert Dudley, the charismatic son of King Edward's protector, who brings her to court as a "holy fool" for Queen Mary and, ultimately, Queen Elizabeth. Hired as a fool but working as a spy; promised in wedlock but in love with her master; endangered by the laws against heresy, treason, and witchcraft, Hannah must choose between the safe life of a commoner and the dangerous intrigues of the royal family that are inextricably bound up in her own yearnings and desires. Teeming with vibrant period detail and peopled by characters seamlessly woven into the sweeping tapestry of history, The Queen's Fool is another rich and emotionally resonant gem from this wonderful storyteller.
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 Philippa Gregory is brilliant! September 2, 2008
Philippa Gregory hit yet another high note with The Queen's Fool. I love reading Philippa's books because I never feel like I'm reading fact after fact. I feel like I'm reading just another story I love, like Twilight and other books such as those. Even though this is a different genre I never feel as if it's a bunch of facts. The Queen's Fool is a story of a girl named Hannah Verde. Though she changed it to Hannah Green when she came to England. Hannah came to England with her father; her father is a scholor and a bookseller. Back in Spain Hannah's mother was burned to death for being in the Jewish religon. Now her and her father have to keep their religon hidden at all times. While there in England Robert Dudley and his comrad John Dee visit the book shop. John Dee claims that Hannah has the "sight". So Hannah is sent to court to be the King's holy fool. When the king dies at the age of 15 his sister Mary steps up to the thrown. History knows this queen as the bloody Mary. Hannah then becomes Mary's holy fool. The Queen's Fool is a great story of Hannah, and you learn many things about Mary and her sister Elizabeth. I highly reccommend this book to all who are interested in history and I also recommened it to people who enjoy a thrilling book. Great book, give a chance, don't let the whole historical novel thing throw you off this is a great book!
 I don't get the rave reviewing... September 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I slogged through this novel, hoping to find some redeeming value, only to be disappointed. I found the pace slow, repetitive, and mostly boring. Some of the plot twists were interesting, but barely believable. The main character, Hannah, had no integrity. She curried favor with whomever she happened to be with at the time, and was very disappointing. No heroine here, really. I really wanted to like her, but her feminism and intermittant chutzpa just didn't correlate with what is known about women of the time.
The Queen's Fool August 31, 2008
Gregory is a great writer. She draws you in immediately and it's hard to put the book down.
ANOTHER WINNER August 24, 2008
WONDERFUL BOOK, COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN. CAN'T WAIT TO READ THE NEXT BOOK BY GREGORY.
LOVED THIS BOOK August 20, 2008
You will love this book if you love English history and novels written in that period. We are going to London in one month, and I am anxious to see some of the places talked about in the book. I highly recommend - the story keeps you interested throughout the whole book!!
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