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An enjoyable read that commects all the queen together nicely for yoy

This should have been fascinating, but I feel like the subject was just too big. There were too many people and places and dates, even for a book that was focused on people/places/dates so it all felt a little jumbled.

The line spacing in the Overdrive edition of this book is really weird 😕

Reorganize your bookshelf, they said. It will be so fun, they said ☠️😵💀

Game of Queens in an excellent analysis and depiction of the framework of female rule during the 16th century. This book covers quite a few key players throughout the 16th century, so you're given an overview of their lives. The focus is on the network of these women, which the book is very successful at covering. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in learning about the connections between the ruling women of the 16th century.

My current read and I'm loving it! Would definitely recommend for people who love 16th century European history or just female power in general! As a Tudor England lover it also gives some great background. Only halfway through but would definitely recommend.

I really gotta find time to start reading this again, its been really good so far

While reading this, I couldn't help wonder why I was struggling with it. It's a historical period I enjoy reading about with the additional bonus of focusing on the women in power. I have very much enjoyed previous books by this author so it wasn't the writing style. I've concluded that it was simply that Gristwood tried to cover too many people and too long of a time period. It needed a tighter focus so that more depth could be explored.