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A review by ailurophile_bibliophile89
The Conqueror's Wife by Stephanie Marie Thornton
4.0
Updated Review 1/12/2022: 4 Stars
Original Review 1/4/2018: 4 Stars
Updated Review:
No update, really. This was a quick, easy read, like the first time around, and even more enjoyable than the first.
Original Review:
I told myself I wouldn't buy any new books until later in the year because I wanted to focus on building up stock for my business.
Obviously that did not happen, as I recently used a gift card and ordered four new books from Barnes & Noble. I truly did try....for about a day and a half.
I very much enjoyed Thornton's The Secret History but I didn't realize until recently that she has written anything else. I think what I love most about her is that she does not write about the usual woman in history that most novelists focus on. Granted, I enjoy a good piece of historical fiction as any other person but Thornton focuses on the women who are not so well known as Elizabeth I, Nefertiti, or Marie Antoinette. All remarkable women in their time, but so many books have been written about them that I find myself tiring of the subject after reading so much about Tudor England and the French Revolution. It's certainly nice to take a breath of fresh air and read something new.
Thus, The Secret History and The Conqueror's Wife have provided me a step into period of history I know very little about. As it is, I know some general facts of Alexander the Great and of the women in his life (his mother, from what I understand, is either a brilliant queen or an ambitious shrew or both, depending on who's telling the tale) but nothing more than the usual.
So I look forward to a good session on the internet reading about the women in his life.
Original Review 1/4/2018: 4 Stars
Updated Review:
No update, really. This was a quick, easy read, like the first time around, and even more enjoyable than the first.
Original Review:
I told myself I wouldn't buy any new books until later in the year because I wanted to focus on building up stock for my business.
Obviously that did not happen, as I recently used a gift card and ordered four new books from Barnes & Noble. I truly did try....for about a day and a half.
I very much enjoyed Thornton's The Secret History but I didn't realize until recently that she has written anything else. I think what I love most about her is that she does not write about the usual woman in history that most novelists focus on. Granted, I enjoy a good piece of historical fiction as any other person but Thornton focuses on the women who are not so well known as Elizabeth I, Nefertiti, or Marie Antoinette. All remarkable women in their time, but so many books have been written about them that I find myself tiring of the subject after reading so much about Tudor England and the French Revolution. It's certainly nice to take a breath of fresh air and read something new.
Thus, The Secret History and The Conqueror's Wife have provided me a step into period of history I know very little about. As it is, I know some general facts of Alexander the Great and of the women in his life (his mother, from what I understand, is either a brilliant queen or an ambitious shrew or both, depending on who's telling the tale) but nothing more than the usual.
So I look forward to a good session on the internet reading about the women in his life.