Court of Shadows

Rating:
Summary: doesn't give up the goods
Review: I can't say enough good things about this book. It takes during Elizabeth's reign. Mary of Scots is already her prisoner, and the Catholics are plotting against Elizabeth. A beautiful woman named Kat forces her way on an adventure with her brother to spy for the queen's intelligence. Unfortunately she falls in love with the man, Justin, that she is spying on. Justin catches her spying, yet he doesn't know who she is working for. So he keeps her with him on his tratirous journey to Spain and the home of his Catholic cousin. This book is well researched, historically accurate, a great story! There are a couple of chapters that make you yawn, but for the most part you will be up all night. She is good in the way that Sharon Kay Penman is.

Rating:
Summary: Wonderful
Review: I can't say enough good things about this book. It takes during Elizabeth's reign. Mary of Scots is already her prisoner, and the Catholics are plotting against Elizabeth. A beautiful woman named Kat forces her way on an adventure with her brother to spy for the queen's intelligence. Unfortunately she falls in love with the man, Justin, that she is spying on. Justin catches her spying, yet he doesn't know who she is working for. So he keeps her with him on his tratirous journey to Spain and the home of his Catholic cousin. This book is well researched, historically accurate, a great story! There are a couple of chapters that make you yawn, but for the most part you will be up all night. She is good in the way that Sharon Kay Penman is.

Rating:
Summary: Intriguing and Enlightening
Review: I happened to pick up a copy of "Court of Shadows" from my school library in grade nine and I found the plot, characters, and settings very interesting and enlightening even though it was a lengthy novel. Contrary to what Kirkus Reviews has written about the book being over researched, I find Morgan's descriptions of the scenery and lives of the characters quite realistic and informative to a reader who's fond of Elizabethan England. Of course, there probably are a number of novelists who have done better than Morgan in this department but she's done exceptionally well in interweaving various settings(e.g. Spain, England, France...) into one book. I've read this book at least a dozen times and I never get tired of it and the novel has successfully got me hooked on the subject of the Tudor Age...if one is hooked on the subject..it doesn't really matter if "The Court of Shadows" is really realistic or not...all it matters is that the novelist does a wonderful job at sparking one's interest in further researching and studying what really went on during that time! :) And for the record, Kirkus Reviews, Justin Lisle is "Lord HARWOOD" not "HARRINGTON" or whatever you've written in your review. I am not obsessed, just thorough. So go on, read the book yourself :) Enjoy!

Rating:
Summary: Intriguing and Enlightening
Review: I happened to pick up a copy of "Court of Shadows" from my school library in grade nine and I found the plot, characters, and settings very interesting and enlightening even though it was a lengthy novel. Contrary to what Kirkus Reviews has written about the book being over researched, I find Morgan's descriptions of the scenery and lives of the characters quite realistic and informative to a reader who's fond of Elizabethan England. Of course, there probably are a number of novelists who have done better than Morgan in this department but she's done exceptionally well in interweaving various settings(e.g. Spain, England, France...) into one book. I've read this book at least a dozen times and I never get tired of it and the novel has successfully got me hooked on the subject of the Tudor Age...if one is hooked on the subject..it doesn't really matter if "The Court of Shadows" is really realistic or not...all it matters is that the novelist does a wonderful job at sparking one's interest in further researching and studying what really went on during that time! :) And for the record, Kirkus Reviews, Justin Lisle is "Lord HARWOOD" not "HARRINGTON" or whatever you've written in your review. I am not obsessed, just thorough. So go on, read the book yourself :) Enjoy!

Rating:
Summary: doesn't give up the goods
Review: It's a compelling read - it pulls you along and along, through all the historic overkill and forsoothing and then... fails to deliver the scenes in which is would become worth it. So ultimately it drives you mad and you want to throw it in the fire at the end.

Rating:
Summary: Wonderful, heartbreaking, full of adventure
Review: This is a really wonderful book. Full of romance, deceptions, friendships, love, all a book needs. Kat is a noble woman, who happens to overhear a conversation between her brother and a man from the Queen. She decides to help her brother, and dresses up like a man, to help spy. She is eventually caught, while her brother isn't. He though,is in a predictament of his own. This book is totally a no-put-down book. However, there are times when the author tells you a bunch of history, and that can get a little boring. I skipped over those parts, and understood the book fine. READ IT!