hannah_reads_sometimes's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting time period that I hadn’t previously known anything about. Well written but at times annoying how much blame is put on a women considering the time period (by the author).
liekedevijfde's review
5.0
Tof boek, een soort biografie snapshot over het latere leven van een minder bekende paus. Vol met de gebruikelijke moorden, affaires, intriges, en wraak die je in de pauselijke staten wel vaker zag in die tijd.
ladykatiereads's review against another edition
5.0
The UK publisher released an updated paperback version of this book last May, and they kindly sent me a copy in the mail for review. All opinions written here are my own and in no way compromised by receiving a free copy of the book.
I will keep this spoiler-free because I think it's a really interesting book about a small part of history very few people may have heard of before. I love history and historical fiction, especially about royals and authority figures like the Pope. This book follows a young woman, Vittoria Accoramboni who makes the bad decision to leave her kind and loving husband to become a duchess instead. This mistake leads to many forms of punishment and restraint, but along the way, we also learn a lot about Cardinal Montalto, who later becomes Pope Sixtus V. I had actually never heard of this Pope until reading this book, but you'd probably be surprised to learn that he had a large part in making Rome the way we see it today.
Read my full spoiler-free review here: https://ladykatiereads.wordpress.com/2019/01/02/lets-talk-about-murder-in-the-garden-of-god-by-eleanor-herman-spoiler-free-review
I will keep this spoiler-free because I think it's a really interesting book about a small part of history very few people may have heard of before. I love history and historical fiction, especially about royals and authority figures like the Pope. This book follows a young woman, Vittoria Accoramboni who makes the bad decision to leave her kind and loving husband to become a duchess instead. This mistake leads to many forms of punishment and restraint, but along the way, we also learn a lot about Cardinal Montalto, who later becomes Pope Sixtus V. I had actually never heard of this Pope until reading this book, but you'd probably be surprised to learn that he had a large part in making Rome the way we see it today.
Read my full spoiler-free review here: https://ladykatiereads.wordpress.com/2019/01/02/lets-talk-about-murder-in-the-garden-of-god-by-eleanor-herman-spoiler-free-review
arielkirst's review
4.0
Really interesting, engaging nonfiction. Takes a while for the juicy bits to kick off but it goes hard after that.
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