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The Queen's Lover by Francine du Plessix Gray

The Queen's Lover

A Novel

by Francine du Plessix Gray

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  • Jun 2012, 304 pages
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Laurie F. (Brookline, MA)

Lot's of talk - no action
I tried to give this book a chance plugging through the first 70 plus pages. Though there is a fair effort to develop the characters, timelines are disjointed and relationships between people and time periods messy. Not my cup of tea!
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