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Game of Queens
Game of Queens | Sarah Gristwood
In sixteenth-century Europe, an extraordinary set of women created a unique culture of feminine power that saw them run the continent for decades. Despite often being on opposing sides of power struggles both armed and otherwise, through family ties and patronage they educated and supported each other in a brutal world where the price of failure was disgrace, exile or even death. Following the passage of power from mother to daughter and mentor to protg, Gristwood reveals the unorthodox practices these women adopted to avoid patriarchal control and assesses the impact they had on shaping the world around them. Epic in scale, this game of queens is a remarkable spectacle of skill and ingenuity, confronting the challenges faced by women in power many of which still hold relevant today. The players in this Game of Queens are: Isabella of Castile, Margaret of Austria, Louise of Savoy, Anne de Beaujeu, Katherine of Aragon, Marguerite of Navarre, Anne Boleyn, Catherine de Medici, Mary Tudor, Elizabeth Tudor, Jeanne d'Albret and Mary Stuart.
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roseread
Game of Queens | Sarah Gristwood
Mehso-so

An enjoyable read that commects all the queen together nicely for yoy

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trigeekgirl
Game of Queens | Sarah Gristwood
Mehso-so

This should have been fascinating, but I feel like the subject was just too big. There were too many people and places and dates, even for a book that was focused on people/places/dates so it all felt a little jumbled.

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rabbitprincess
Game of Queens | Sarah Gristwood
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The line spacing in the Overdrive edition of this book is really weird 😕

MeganAnn Oh man this drives me crazy! 😱😬 6y
saresmoore Blurg. 6y
rabbitprincess @MeganAnn I keep trying to reapply the Normal style, as if this is a Word template 😂 @saresmoore I'll read as much as I can of this edition but might have to re-request the print edition if this gets any weirder 😐 6y
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Expandingbookshelf
Game of Queens | Sarah Gristwood
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Reorganize your bookshelf, they said. It will be so fun, they said ☠️😵💀

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rory0144
Game of Queens | Sarah Gristwood
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Game of Queens in an excellent analysis and depiction of the framework of female rule during the 16th century. This book covers quite a few key players throughout the 16th century, so you're given an overview of their lives. The focus is on the network of these women, which the book is very successful at covering. I highly recommend this to anyone interested in learning about the connections between the ruling women of the 16th century.

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Bookpharmacist
Game of Queens | Sarah Gristwood
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My current read and I'm loving it! Would definitely recommend for people who love 16th century European history or just female power in general! As a Tudor England lover it also gives some great background. Only halfway through but would definitely recommend.

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KillianMcSwee
Game of Queens | Sarah Gristwood
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I really gotta find time to start reading this again, its been really good so far

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melissanorr
Game of Queens | Sarah Gristwood
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Mehso-so

While reading this, I couldn't help wonder why I was struggling with it. It's a historical period I enjoy reading about with the additional bonus of focusing on the women in power. I have very much enjoyed previous books by this author so it wasn't the writing style. I've concluded that it was simply that Gristwood tried to cover too many people and too long of a time period. It needed a tighter focus so that more depth could be explored.