"A passionate, poignant, vivid telling of mary's life--all the characters are brought to life and the affair between mary and bothwell is heartbreaking and beautiful"
"this is the best novel on cleopatra. the portrayal of marc antony is beautiful, realistic and his relationship with cleopatra keeps you gripped to the very end-maybe even shed some tears!"
"really brings to life robert dudley and elizabeth and the tumultuous political, social and religious situations. dudley and elizabeth's relationship is intense and passionate"
"passionate, dangerous and ultimately tragic portrait of katherine howard and equally riveting narratives of unstable jane rochford and strong anne of cleves"
"one of the best, riveting, balanced and insightful novels on anne boleyn-- characters of henry VIII, george and anne boleyn, thomas wyatt, henry norris and jane rochford stand outs !"