Title: Three Sisters, Three Queens    

Author: Philippa Gregory

Genre: Historical Fiction

Publisher: Touchstone  

Format: Hardcover

Pages: 556

Rating: 3/5 stars

Synopsis (Goodreads):

As sisters they share an everlasting bond; As queens they can break each other’s hearts.

“There is only one bond that I trust: between a woman and her sisters. We never take our eyes off each other. In love and in rivalry, we always think of each other.”

When Katherine of Aragón is brought to the Tudor court as a young bride, the oldest princess, Margaret, takes her measure. With one look, each knows the other for a rival, an ally, a pawn, destined—with Margaret’s younger sister Mary—to a sisterhood unique in all the world. The three sisters will become the queens of England, Scotland, and France.

United by family loyalties and affections, the three queens find themselves set against each other. Katherine commands an army against Margaret and kills her husband James IV of Scotland. But Margaret’s boy becomes heir to the Tudor throne when Katherine loses her son. Mary steals the widowed Margaret’s proposed husband, but when Mary is widowed it is her secret marriage for love that is the envy of the others. As they experience betrayals, dangers, loss, and passion, the three sisters find that the only constant in their perilous lives is their special bond, more powerful than any man, even a king.

Review:

Here is my first book read in 2019 and what a great start to the year! I was really excited to start off with some Philippa Gregory as I love her books! But I have to say that this book is my least favourite in the series, and I’m going to explain why!

The book follows Margaret, who is the sister of king Henry the eighth! She becomes queen of Scotland and while queen she just does a lot of really dumb things. Now I loved the writing, so I’m not sure if Gregory meant for her to be as unlikeable as she was, but I thought she was so annoying as a character! Although there were some aspects that showed her strength, I just didn’t connect well with her. Margaret was just super jealous all the time of her younger sister, Mary! Now that is a perspective I would have loved to read from!

Overall I still enjoyed the book and glad I read it, just couldn’t love it as much as I wanted to!

Happy reading!