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Title: Masterful
Review: Penman has done it again. Her descriptions of the machinations of the King John of Magana Carta fame and the richness of her Welsh portrait make this a wonderful book. Perhaps the weakest points are the passages in which she introduces one of the major characters, John's illegitimate daugter Joanna. Here she spends too much time on the young girl's thoughts. These passages are not really preparatory to understand Joanna. STill, the book is a good read.
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