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Queen Jezebel by Jean Plaidy

cuavia's review

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funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

magicofthepages's review

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informative reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

nyhofs's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

amyborch's review

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informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Spoiler.  Third book of the trio logo focuses on Charles ix, Henry iii and Margaret of Valois.  Charles died, Henry was too extravagant. 

rosadunnett's review

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dark informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

duchessofreadin's review against another edition

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4.0

The brilliant future that Catherine de Medici envisioned for her favorite son is about to collapse. A pampered fop, he is unable to rule the country he fought to gain control of for so long. He is under the control of his favorites and they are bent on destroying the country to gain what they want, power and wealth.

Catherine is unable to stop her son, as her illness progresses and age catches up with her. She does what she can to even out the power distribution in the country, but all factions seem intent on all or nothing.

Great read, love Jean Plaidy's writing style!

i_8_ur_soul's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Chulada, las amo mis reinas
Mi favorito de la trilogía 

goannelies's review against another edition

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3.0

Catherine De Medici - is er een koningin ooit meer gehaat de geschiedenisboeken in gegaan? Dit was mijn eerste boek dat ik over haar las. Het begint op het moment dat haar tweede zoon Charles op de Franse troon zit. Charles is echter geestesziek en neemt advies aan van Hugenoten. Catherine's macht op hem neemt af en ze hoopt alleen maar dat ze snel haar geliefde zoon Henry kan kronen.

Ondertussen regelt ze het huwelijk tussen haar katholieke dochter Margot en Henry, de protestantse koning van Navarre. Duizenden Hugenoten komen naar Parijs voor dit huwelijk, inclusief de grote leiders. Om Spanje en Rome te vriend te houden moet Catherine tonen dat haar loyaliteit wel degelijk bij de katholieken ligt. Dat leidt tot drastische maatregelen. Eind augustus zal Parijs een nacht ingaan die nooit meer vergeten zal worden.

Jean Plaidy beschrijft opnieuw heel gedetailleerd en feitelijk de gebeurtenissen. Er gebeurt zo ontzettend veel in dit boek, met zoveel personages, intriges, wisselende machtsverhoudingen. Je moet je er je hoofd bijhouden.

Wat dit boek mist zijn personages waarmee je gaat meeleven. Margot, de drie Henry's, Catherine,... ze zijn allemaal zo egocentrisch, zo wellustig. Eigenlijk krijg je vooral medelijden met het Franse volk. Enfin, goed om eens een perspectief te lezen op al deze brutale gebeurtenissen.

monicabhills's review against another edition

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2.0

I normally love Jean Plaidy/Victoria Holt. She is a 20th century writer but I still enjoy her novels. I bought this trilogy years ago at a garage sale and I really enjoyed the first book. The second novel was not my favorite and this one was work to get through. I wanted to see what happened but there were just too many characters to be able to keep track of everyone. One character would be featured and then they would be murdered and then another one would be prominent in the story. I know this is based on real history and that part is what I found fascinating. After reading about this family it is shocking that the French Revolution did not happen sooner after reading about how horrible this ruling family was. I will definitely keep reading Jean Plaidy's books. I was just disappointed with this one.

vlynnk89's review against another edition

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3.0

This one just seemed to drag