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Rival to the Queen Carolly Erickson Books

For those of you interested in historical fiction surrounding the Tudor court. This novel follows Lettice Knollys the second wife of Robert Dudley. Although it was a descent book, it was a lot more fictional than most. Picturing Queen Elizabeth in a very different light, basically as an insufferable tyrant.


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Rival to the Queen Carolly Erickson Books Reviews

I like historical fiction and Carolly Erickson's work in particular. I enjoyed the book, but it felt like a rushed work. It often fast forwards too many years, and leaves out much of what I thought would add to the storyline. It was like important chapters were missing. I still liked the book - it wasn't her best work though.
I gave this book as a gift and have heard back from my friend that the story line is fantastic and she really loves the author.
Not every detail may be accurate, but as a historical novel, based on real characters, it was gripping! Learned so much about the Elizabeth I era. This is a great author.
My favorite author and I love used books
This is a bit of history seldom mentioned, and I enjoyed the minutia of every day life in that period of time.
Letitia Knollys is a fascinating Tudor personage. She does not get her due here. This book just feels like a cheap rip off of Victoria Holt's "My Enemy the Queen" which is a wonderful, complex and multi-layered telling of the same story. In Ms. Erickson's version, you missed the reasons/emotions behind the actions. The entire story played very flat compared to Ms. Holt's version. It even plays flat compared to history itself. I would advise trying to find a copy of the Victoria Holt novel and/or reading The Lady Penelope by Sally Varlow for more on this amazing Tudor woman.
I found this a most annoying book. It combines some fact with a lot of fabrication. While historical fiction necessarily employs imagination to develop dialogue, describe meetings etc. and while questions about Elizabeth's personal life and complex personality give ample opportunities for invention in describing her court and those surrounding her, this book sets forth implausible events as well as situations that are in direct contradiction to historical evidence. It also makes many unwarranted assertions about various people. In the process, it trivializes fascinating characters and tells a much less compelling story than what is on the record. If the reader is interested in Lettice Knollys and her family, he/she would be better off reading "The Lady Penelope" by Sally Varlow, which tells the real story, insofar as it can be ascertained, in a far more satisfactory manner. Above all, the reader of "Rival to the Queen" should not approach it as an accurate reflection of events or characters, but simply a novel.
For those of you interested in historical fiction surrounding the Tudor court. This novel follows Lettice Knollys the second wife of Robert Dudley. Although it was a descent book, it was a lot more fictional than most. Picturing Queen Elizabeth in a very different light, basically as an insufferable tyrant.