The Uncrowned Queen

by Posie Graeme-Evans

Book Overview

The thrilling climax to the trilogy that began with The Innocent and The Exiled brings Posie Graeme-Evans's bittersweet story of two lovers divided by the throne of England to its dramatic conclusion.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743443748
• ISBN13: 9780743443746
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

THE UNCROWNED QUEEN

THIS BOOK IS ONE OF A TRILOGY. IF YOU ENJOY HISTORICAL FICTION OR JEAN PLAIDY YOU'LL LIKE POSIE GRAEME-EVANS BOOKS. THIS BOOK WAS AN ENJOYABLE AND EASY READ I FINISHED THE TRILOGY WITHIN TWO WEEKS. I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE TITLES FROM THIS AUTHOR.

You have to read the end!

I picked up the first book in this trilogy on a clearance super deal table. I decided it sounded interesting and started reading. I read the books so quickly that I had the first two read before this one came in! This book like the others is well written, exciting, romantic, and you just can't wait to find out what happens next. If you have read the first two you have to read this book. It is just a plus that the author is Australian which is how I justified buying the books to my Australian husband. I have since passed on the books to a friend and she loves them too. It really does have something for everyone. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was because I didn't want the story to end!

Great read!

This novel is a great finale to this trilogy. Ms. Graeme-Evans has done a wonderful job not only researching her history but holding the readers interest through the entire length of the story. While the first book starts a bit slow, the remaining books are worth the effort. A wonderful read for lovers of historical fiction.

I loved this book

This was a great book but I hate the ending, but hey you can't change history.

The author is a better writer, the book is true historical fiction, but this book feels rushed

I will admit to loving the first book in this series mostly because of the fantastically titillating sex scenes. The second book I thought was ok, but not as romantic or interesting as the first. This third book, the last in the Anne series, may be the best in terms of writing style, but I felt it was quite rushed in parts. It is, however, officially a work of true historical fiction, not just romance as the first mostly was (there are only two sex scenes in this book and they are quite artistic, not very descriptive.) The Uncrowned Queen (a title that makes no sense-the Australian title "The Beloved" really fits better) takes place in the two years that follow Edward IV being ousted from England by Margaret of Anjou and the earl of Warwick, along with his troublesome, treasonous brother George, Duke of Clarence. At the start of the book Edward is in the Netherlands for some six months before taking back his throne, at which point insane Henry VI died rather conveniently. Anne, Edward's love and mother of his first born son, is with Edward in the Netherlands, and is accused of witch craft by a doctor turned monk while helping Edward to retake his throne. Later a Norse sea captain who works for Anne's former master, Sir Mathew, declares in love with Anne and chases her, and her son Edward, the Kings son, about the Netherlands and England. I was wondering how this book would be handled, considering that during this period Edward has a legitimate son (Anne bore his first son some three years before), probably kills Henry VI, Anne's father (though she's never met him) and dies about ten years later, fat and without morals. How the author handled all this was by glossing over most of the major parts of the book. Henry VI is barely touched upon and all of Anne's choices seem to be made in about a second, despite her seeming protests and endless hours thinking and obsessing over her pride and choices. The last hundred pages of the book is almost totally a series of critical life changing events that are only skimmed along the surface. The relationship of Edward and Anne is extremely different in this book from what I remembered. They are very tentative with each other and prideful. Neither one will listen to the other-different from the loving and tender relationship they had in the previous books. I think Posie Graeme-Evans got very infatuated with the idea of Lief, a Norse captain who falls in love with Anne, and the primary focus of the book suffers because of that. The parts of this book that are fully described are very good. Posie Graeme-Evans has grown to be a very good writer and Anne emerges in this book as an actual person who is quite tormented with sadness, as opposed to the Mary-Sue perfect character she seemed to be before. But those parts are few and far between. This book has the feel, in some parts, of a first or second draft that needs to be filled out. Weirdly, what are best portrayed in this book are the clothes of the people.