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A Dangerous Inheritance

By: Alison Weir
Narrated by: Maggie Mash
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Historian and New York Times best-selling author Alison Weir is acclaimed for her absorbing works about the infamous House of York and House of Tudor lines. In A Dangerous Inheritance, Weir uses her wealth of knowledge to craft a compelling novel about two women, living 70 years apart, who are linked through the mysterious disappearance of King Richard III's nephews, Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury - also known as the Princes in the Tower.

©2012 Alison Weir (P)2012 Recorded Books Royalty Tudor Fiction Genre Fiction Sagas Biographical Fiction Biography
Fascinating Historical Fiction • Intertwined Storylines • Riveting Narration • Compelling Mystery • Well-researched Details

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Is there anything you would change about this book?

Only the narrator

What other book might you compare A Dangerous Inheritance to and why?

This time in history is my bread and butter. This book is the only one that I might not finish. Among my favorites are The Autobiography of Henry VIII. The Lady Elizabeth, the King's Fool, and so on. In all of these recordings the narrator makes the book.

How could the performance have been better?

My only complaint is the narrator. She is like fingernails on a blackboard. I am not sure I can finish it.

Could you see A Dangerous Inheritance being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

These involved historical novels never make good movies. Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth was just terrible. Johnathan Meyers was no more Henry VIII than I am, That series was not worth watching. The only way to portray the people and the era is by way of a good historian and a pleasing narrator and a story that has not been hacked to bits.

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This work deals with two lesser known characters, Richard III's illegitimate daughter and Lady Jane Grey's younger sister. I found it confusing that one was named Katherine and the other named Kate...especially confusing in audible version, maybe less so in a printed version. Interesting retelling of the mystery of the Princes in the Tower. The voices of the female protagonists were done well, but too many of the male voices sounded angry which I found annoying. If you enjoy Philippa Gregory's historical fiction, you will like this.

Historical romance

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Very exciting book. Great insight to the royals marriage game, and how they are all related.

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Flip flopping back and forth between the two main women in this book can become confusing. The book, however, was very well written and once you got the knack of the shifting back and forth it was very enjoyable.

Interesting

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I LOVED the story but it became confusing as both of the main characters had the same name and it was easy to get lost. Once you’re able to get used to it, it’s amazing!

Very good- kind of confusing as an audiobook

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