Daughter of York
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Margaret of York comes of age during the 1460s when her brother Edward IV is crowned king. DAUGHTER OF YORK follows the young Margaret's romances and passions against a backdrop of loosely interpreted British history, court intrigue, suspenseful alliances, and political strategy. After her marriage to Charles of Burgundy, Margaret develops into one of the fifteenth century's most powerful women. As Margaret's journey is sensuously fictionalized, Rosalyn Landor's sonorous tones lend the author's speculations depth and believability. Landor depicts Margaret with a lilt in her voice and deftly shifts her timbre to portray Margaret's younger brothers, as well as somber soldiers and members of royalty. Landor's velvety inflections re-create the mood of the period. A.W. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
October 29, 2007
Smith’s plodding second historical novel (after A Rose for the Crown
) opens in 1461 with 15-year-old Margaret of York mourning the deaths of her father, Richard, duke of York, and brother Edmund, recently slain in battle against the Lancastrians. Eldest brother Edward raises an army of his own, routs King Henry and Queen Margaret and marches into London, where he’s crowned king. The novel’s heroine falls in love with the married Sir Anthony Woodville, and their romance evolves slowly and passionately, though she is later married off to Charles, duke of Burgundy. Margaret’s new husband takes no pains to please her in bed or out of it, and she never bears any children. She keeps busy with court intrigue, though, as it falls to her to maintain the alliance between her husband and brother Edward. Smith’s sincere attempt to breathe life into two-dimensional historical personages is bogged down by superfluous detail and stilted dialogue.
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