Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens | 
pickI have some catching up to do with what I've read lol! So I love historical fiction and I love Elizabeth I. So when I first picked this up I was super excited! Then I got a couple of chapters in and realized that it's not fiction at all. I really need to read the jackets more closely lol! Either way, I loved this book. It's a good coverage of their lives and what it was to be a female in power at that time in history.
pickAbsolutely amazing book! As a history buff, I thoroughly enjoyed pretty much everything about this detailed and analytical account of the dramatic relationship between these two queens. So much thought and research went into this and it truly shows.
so-soIf you are an avid non fiction fan and love this period in history, you may love this book. I am interested in the history of Mary Queen of Scots, but found this book a bit tedious and slow. I discovered some intriguing facts, and learned more about the politics between England and Scotland, but it took Herculean effort for me to finish it. 3/5
pickI finished a book!!
This was a thorough and sympathetic portrait of both Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots. Dunn shows how their childhoods and adolesence shaped who they became as monarchs and how their fates as queens were intertwined. Sometimes repetitive but it also helped follow certain threads through their lives. I learned a ton!
Thanks for the recommendation @TrishB
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These two had their moments 😀
