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Author Elizabeth Massie has had quite the challenge – having to adapt the scripts of an entire series into one book – but does so with real skill, the short chapters serving to make the book a real page turner, but also allowing brief glimpses of the characters that manage to artfully paint very full portraits with surprisingly few brushstrokes. As for the characters? They are wonderfully three dimensional – living, breathing, beating adults who leap off the page and through the centuries to the reader. A particular favourite of mine was Phillipe – the King's brother, a man whose sexuality was predominantly homosexual, but whose strong will of character and prowess as a military commander warned anyone from gossiping and allowed him to lead a relatively open life (various wives aside…) It all adds up to a thrilling read, and I'm hoping future series of the TV show will produce further books. Many thanks to the publishers for the copy.

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