Title: If you're desperate . . .
Review: When you read historical romance, you know what you're going to get. It's obvious Virginia Henley has a great time writing her books, but she can and does take enormous liberties with history, namely compression. The events described in this book took place over a thirty-year period--she compresses it into maybe three (God forbid her heroine should approach thirty!). If you want to read a much better novel about Simon de Montfort and Eleanor Plantagenet, I strongly recommend Sharon Kay Penman's "Falls The Shadow." Okay, maybe the sex isn't as interesting, but Penman isn't afraid to let her characters grow old.
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