The Duchess

So far I am really, really in to this one! It's very juicy for an historical novel.

Very hard to read. Not what I expected.

I loved it!!

Hard read, could'nt finish it, too political for me.

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

Difficult to read, didn't finish it. Movie is better. I usually never say that.

interesting how some things never change.

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

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 find i sometimes get lost in the details.   hide

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.