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I liked very much this historical fiction novel about the 11th-century Queen Gruadh of Scotland, who inspired Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth. The queen's life is supposedly quite different from that in Shakespeare's story and King portrays her as an admirable character.

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Charity shop book haul - £2.80!! Have tagged the book you can't make out.

One or two of these might be used in future swaps! 😉🤣😊

A fictional account of the real woman who provides the inspiration for Shakespeare‘s famous queen. I‘m labeling it a pick even though I didn‘t love it because I think that had more to do with my mood than the quality of the book. It had everything I normally love (strong female protagonist in Medieval Scotland + a little bit of magic), was well written and well narrated. I don‘t know why, but I just couldn‘t get into it.

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After two days of rain, I was finally able to get out and walk! The rain brought the first dusting of snow to our foothills this winter, too!
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Out, out, damned (red wine) spot.

#publishedinthe2000s (2008) The Scottish Play is my favorite Shakespearean tragedy. I KNOW I read this book didn't I?), but I apparently didn't record it in Goodreads and it was long before I started keeping a reading journal, so I can't remember much about it. I think I liked it, as I'm pretty sure it inspired me to look for more of her work, but hey, some days I'm lucky to remember my name...😳🤕#readJanuary

What whaaaaat??? Has anybody read this? Does it parallel Shakespeare's Macbeth? Or does it go off on its own? It sounds like it wants to debate Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth character.