Comments on: The Sunne in Splendour, Sharon Kay Penman

By: HL

HL — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 17:59:21 +0000

There is a petition to get this book made into a TV series. Here is the link! I am trying to find SKPenman fans to sign this thing!
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/for-a-bbc-tv-adaptation-of-the-sunne-in-splendour/

By: NWK (@MumsyNancy)

NWK (@MumsyNancy) — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 14:49:49 +0000

SO glad I’m not royalty. No matter how bad my day is, I can always say to myself, “Well, at least I am not ROYALTY.”

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 12:03:26 +0000

In reply to aartichapati. Hahaha, yeah, I think you're right -- history seems to indicate to us that the dudes blamed their wives.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 11:59:50 +0000

In reply to Sam @ Tiny Library. See, that sounds really fun. I bet young me would have liked the Wars of the Roses a lot -- I also like political intrigue and gruesome battle.

By: aartichapati

aartichapati — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 03:19:37 +0000

I really loved this one when I read it but I admit I don’t really love any of SKP’s other books (though Here Be Dragons was one I did enjoy), so I don’t know if it would stand up to a re-read. She gets a bit bogged down in the details, I feel, and I’ve noticed that any man who seems unable to get his wife pregnant in her books seems to blame himself which I feel is unlikely for the MIddle Ages…

By: Sam @ Tiny Library

Sam @ Tiny Library — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:54:25 +0000

As a British teacher who teaches the Wars of the Roses to ten year olds, I can say that they love it. We don’t go into all of the details, it’s more of an intro to a larger unit on the Tudors, but the boys especially love a bit of political intrigue and gruesome battle!

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:30:09 +0000

In reply to dangermom.

I don’t know if you SHOULD. The book was entertaining but it was veeeery long. BS might have been a strong way to put it about Alison Weir, but basically I think she’s sort of a sappy historian, and she gets sentimental about all the wrong stuff. She thinks Mary Queen of Scots was all wronged and martyred which she soooooo was not, and she’s very down on Richard III. And I think she maybe dislikes Anne Boleyn? She just likes all the wrong people.

(The Mary Queen of Scots thing is inexcusable to me. Mary Queen of Scots was a moron. Everyone feels so sorry for her because she got executed, but honestly, she WOULD NOT STOP getting up these idiotic rebellions against Elizabeth. She didn’t deserve to get executed because that’s always wrong, but given the times I don’t know any ruler who wouldn’t have done the same.)

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:21:54 +0000

In reply to Andi (@estellasrevenge). Hahahah, if I’d known that’s all it took to move a review into the stratosphere of awesome, I’d have done that like WAY long ago. :p

By: dangermom

dangermom — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:28:17 +0000

I have never read SKP. Should I? And why is Alison Weir BS? Enquiring minds want to know!

By: Andi (@estellasrevenge)

Andi (@estellasrevenge) — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:21:13 +0000

This all sounds awesome and you totally used the word “machinations” which moved this review into the stratosphere of awesome. Just sayin’.