A review by severuspls
Bloodline by Conn Iggulden

4.0

This book is where the events of the Wars of the Roses really pick up. There were less long battle scenes in this book which I appreciated because I've found them to be far too long and detailed for what happens. The dialogue between characters and court scenes are genuinely quite funny. My favourite thing about this book is that the portrayal of these events are sympathetic to Warwick and, having studied the Wars of the Roses, I agree with the way Iggulden characterises these events.

However, this book had made me realise that I never want to experience historical fiction about the Wars of the Roses ever again, it's not the book, I'm just too close to the narrative (as a history student) and I get enraged by certain things that happen. After the final book in this series (Ravenspur) I shall avoid similar books in future.