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The Queen's Lover: A Novel
by Francine du Plessix Gray
Disappointment (5/4/2012)
I have to start this review by saying that I am an avid reader not a writer. This is my first review for Book Browse.
Although written as historical fiction The Queen's Lover by Francine Du Plessix Gray reads like a rather dull history text book. Every so often gratuitousmore
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