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The Shadow Queen

By: Anne O'Brien
Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
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**A spellbinding historical novel**

The Sunday Times Bestseller

‘O’Brien is now approaching Philippa Gregory status’ – Reader’s Digest

‘A dangerous word, perhaps, for a woman. Power.’

From her first clandestine marriage, Joan of Kent’s reputation is one of beauty, rumour and scandal.

Her royal blood makes her a desirable bride. Her ambition and passion make her a threat.

Joan knows what she must do to protect her reputation…the games to play, the men to marry. She will do anything to get what she wants: The Crown of England.

A tale of ambition, treachery and desire, The Shadow Queen tells of a woman’s ascent through the court to command royal power alongside her young son, King Richard II.

©2017 Anne O'Brien (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance Science Fiction Middle Ages Royalty

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Princess Joan sounds the most amazing person and it was lovely reading about all her exploits.

Loved it!

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Struggled to persevere. Seemed to be mainly a narrative, circling the same story line, with little colour or detail. I did not have a picture of these events or the characters. I found the narrator flat and irritating. I'm usually entranced by similar books. I'm sure this is not a reflection of other books by this author.

The shadow Queen.

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I regularly listen to these books on audible this auther is becoming a great favourite.

Books by Anne Obrien

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loved it. great listen. great story and very easy to listen to. love it love

fantastic

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The author uses very repetitive language throughout her books this one really felt like it hadn't been proof-read. There are other words than "sanguine" - it's used about 20 times in the book 😂 Also I feel like the information in this book clashes with the info in the book about Alice? same timeline and characters who seem different in the books.... takes me out of that "world".

nothing special

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Most novels likes this, including others by this author, take the story to the end of the heroines life. This finished leaving the reader in mid-air! Not very satisfactory.

Finished just as it was getting interesting!

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Was not the best of all my audiobooks but certainly entertaining. Not sure I would look for more from this author.

Entertainment

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This is the story of an amazing woman, I was so sad to be so bored by the telling

Disappointing

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I couldn't finish this book because I found it so frustrating. the storyline was silly, frustrating and whiney. I probably would have enjoyed it as a teenager but not now I'm 40. Also I'm used to learning about historical characters and events to an extent whilst listening to historical fiction, but this was just a whiney live story - as far as i listened anyway. Just a wrong assumption, but might be worth noting.

OK for teenagers

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