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Title: Must I give even one star?
Review: Where to begin. This is a horrid book - it's the sort that takes several doses of Austen to get over the nightmarish awfulness of it. Incest. Patricide. Matricide too, of course. Adultery - lots of it. S&M - pages of stomach turning episodes. Children born of incest - twice. Every moral character suffers and is tormented by the 'heroine' and her lovers. Really, not what I expected. For those who don't want to delve into the darker side of Philippa Gregory, be advised that this is a really rough read, with no redeeming qualities at all. I couldn't finish it.
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