s/o romance/historical fiction - Philippa Gregory

[secretlyevil]

I enjoy her historical fiction with the exception so far of the Wildacre trilogy, which was creeeppppy.

[SallyJ]

Now I'm intrigued. What was so creepy? I don't even know the basic storyline and I'm too lazy to google ATM.

[secretlyevil]

Lots of incest

[imoan]

I've read a lot of her books (with the exception of the Wildacre trilogy). I thoroughly enjoy her books. The writing isn't breaking new grounds, but I love learning about that time period.

[psyck]

I loooove her stuff, particularly with the Tudors. Haven't read the Wideacre trilogy.

[secretlyevil]

I've enjoyed everything else I have read of hers but the incest in the wildacre series made me want to vomit - can't believe I read all three.

[msmerymac]

I've only read The Other Boleyn Girl. I thought it was okay. Enjoyable, but it didn't inspire me to pick up any of her other books. Are there others you guys would highly recommend? Should I try the other Tudor books?

[aurora]

I thought The Other Boelyn Girl was her best one, but maybe that's because I read it first so it was the freshest.

Creepy is a good word to describe the Wideacre trilogy. I read all three, but there are some seriously disturbed characters throughout. I did like the last one the best of the three.

[Jenniatonu]

I like Phillipa Gregory, but I think Alison Weir is much bettor. I LOVED The Innocent Traitor. It's one of my all-time favorites.

[5kcandlesinthewind]

I've read a couple of her books. They're not great writing, but they're compulsively readable and usually the first thing I gravitate toward when I'm in an airport and need some reading material. I liked The Constant Princess best, probably because there's so many Anne Boleyn stories out there, and so few Katherine of Aragon (that I've come across anyway).

[LoveTrains]

I liked the Constant Princess, too. It was pretty good.

[secretlyevil]

May 17, 2012 10:41:54 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

I've only read The Other Boleyn Girl. I thought it was okay. Enjoyable, but it didn't inspire me to pick up any of her other books. Are there others you guys would highly recommend? Should I try the other Tudor books?

The white queen was really good. I need to read the second one in that series.

[duckduck]

Ooohh. I love the Tudors! I've read a fe Philippa Gregory but I don't think I've read any Alison Weir. Just added a few of her Elizabeth and Eleanor books to my TBR. Thanks for the recs.

[alithebride]

theyre fun, sometimes innacurate reads but good for an intresting time.

[ChiKate]

I enjoy her books but haven't attempted the Wildacre ones (and will now likely avoid them). I know they aren't necessarily accurate, but I like reading about the time period and characters. I'm going to check out Alison Weir now-thanks

[5kcandlesinthewind]

May 17, 2012 11:35:57 GMT -5 Jenniatonu said:

I like Phillipa Gregory, but I think Alison Weir is much bettor. I LOVED The Innocent Traitor. It's one of my all-time favorites.

I totally missed this earlier, but I love this one, too. I thought her Elizabeth one was good, and the Eleanor one was just all right.
Her non-fiction books are good, too.