A review by kirstenrose22
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman

4.0

It took me the better part of a week (of total dedication to doing little else) to read this. It was good, and ultimately satisfying, but so long that it was hard not to get bogged down in the middle. (That said, I can't think of what should be cut. It's just a long story with a lot to fit in.) The first half in particular does an admirable job of setting the scene and explaining the War of the Roses, and handling the cast of thousands that goes along with it - and that is not easy to do. The last few hundred pages are so sad though, so full of doom and inevitability.