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A review by sony08
The Firemaster's Mistress by Christie Dickason
5.0
I really enjoyed this book. It was quite a quick read for me. The author got straight into the action and quickly introduced all characters.
The story covers the time before and just after the alleged BLOW UP of Parliament in 1605 and all involved with this plot. She introduces Guido Fawkes neither as a villain nor as a hero and kind of leaves the reader to make up their own minds.
We are introduced to the twisted body of Robert Cecil who hires firemaster Frances Quoynt to find him traitors who plot to kill the King James I - but the task gets more twisted and difficult that Frances anticipates.
The characters of Kate Peach and both father and son Frances Quoynts were very well described and very likeable each in different way and for different reasons.
The language was crude at times and maybe not what you'd read in books by Phillipa Gregory or Alison Weir, but after few chapters I got used to that and realised that when you write about the lives in the darkest parts of 17'th century London with all it's ale houses and brothels you need to make the language seem authentic.
Great book - for me it's 10/10 and I will read more by this author.
The story covers the time before and just after the alleged BLOW UP of Parliament in 1605 and all involved with this plot. She introduces Guido Fawkes neither as a villain nor as a hero and kind of leaves the reader to make up their own minds.
We are introduced to the twisted body of Robert Cecil who hires firemaster Frances Quoynt to find him traitors who plot to kill the King James I - but the task gets more twisted and difficult that Frances anticipates.
The characters of Kate Peach and both father and son Frances Quoynts were very well described and very likeable each in different way and for different reasons.
The language was crude at times and maybe not what you'd read in books by Phillipa Gregory or Alison Weir, but after few chapters I got used to that and realised that when you write about the lives in the darkest parts of 17'th century London with all it's ale houses and brothels you need to make the language seem authentic.
Great book - for me it's 10/10 and I will read more by this author.