http://www.devourerofbooks.com/2008/03/queens-of-england-book-review/ Memoirs of a Ravenous Reader Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:37:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.devourerofbooks.com/2008/03/queens-of-england-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Kings and Queens of England: A Tourist Guide - Book Review « Devourer of Books’ Weblog Fri, 02 May 2008 19:04:54 +0000 http://devourerofbooks.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-37 [...] British history and British royal history.  The last such book I read, Norah Loft’s “Queens of England” was very interesting in that it looked exclusively at Queens, whether they were regnant or [...] [...] British history and British royal history.  The last such book I read, Norah Loft’s “Queens of England” was very interesting in that it looked exclusively at Queens, whether they were regnant or [...]

]]> http://www.devourerofbooks.com/2008/03/queens-of-england-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-36 devourerofbooks Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:03:45 +0000 http://devourerofbooks.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-36 She did a pretty good job hiding the agenda throughout almost the entire book. I wouldn't have seen it either if I wasn't annoyed that there was so much about all of the recent queens when some of the older ones seemed so interesting! I couldn't stop coming up with hypotheses for the reason for that and, well, this is what I came up with. It is the history training, I think. She did a pretty good job hiding the agenda throughout almost the entire book. I wouldn’t have seen it either if I wasn’t annoyed that there was so much about all of the recent queens when some of the older ones seemed so interesting! I couldn’t stop coming up with hypotheses for the reason for that and, well, this is what I came up with. It is the history training, I think.

]]> http://www.devourerofbooks.com/2008/03/queens-of-england-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Literate Housewife Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:38:43 +0000 http://devourerofbooks.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-35 It's amazing how two different people can read the same book and get different things out of them. I read that book in an afternoon. I didn't really see an agenda to it - until I read your review. Of course it was there. Well, I obviously saw the justification for Elizabeth II, but didn't really ponder on it. I think that this might have been more of a sticking point for me if I hadn't seen The Queen. Good review! It’s amazing how two different people can read the same book and get different things out of them. I read that book in an afternoon. I didn’t really see an agenda to it – until I read your review. Of course it was there. Well, I obviously saw the justification for Elizabeth II, but didn’t really ponder on it. I think that this might have been more of a sticking point for me if I hadn’t seen The Queen. Good review!

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