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The Duchess

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few weeks ago
So far I am really, really in to this one! It's very juicy for an historical novel.
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few weeks ago
Very hard to read. Not what I expected.
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few weeks ago
I loved it!!
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few weeks ago
Hard read, could'nt finish it, too political for me.
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few weeks ago
didn't realy like this think i thought it would be 15 th century and it more modern and didn't care for the writing style
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few weeks ago
Difficult to read, didn't finish it. Movie is better. I usually never say that.
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few weeks ago
interesting how some things never change.
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few weeks ago
I saw the movie before reading the book and so was somewhat startled to find that the book, which i expected to be more of a novel, is written in biographical format. Anticipating a leisurely read, the density of it suprised me as it is full of excerpts from letters, published works of the time, citations, and quotations not to mention lengthy footnotes. It is well researched and written, but i...more
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few weeks ago
Boring. No character development for historical fiction. Accounts the actions of her life which comes down to - is born in the noble class, marries in the noble class, is fashionable, gambles and incurs debt, has children, has affairs and plays in politics.
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few weeks ago
i don't think i'm going to finish this book. sigh. not my style.
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