Anne of Warwick The Last Plantagenet Queen

by Paula Simonds Zabka, Alisa E. Zabka (Editor), George G. Zabka (Editor)

Anne of Warwick is an historical novel based on the lives of the last Plantagent king and queen of England who stood at the center of treason, turmoil and tragedy. For the Queen, Anne Neville, daughter of Warwick the Kingmaker, and wife to Richard III, life becomes one of survival. As she struggles in her love for Richard, she becomes caught up in the desire of others to claim the throne of England by treachery, deceit and murder in the War of the Roses between the houses of York and Lancaster.

Genres: Historical Fiction

458 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 12, 2012

Reviews

[Christine Cazeneuve · Rating 3 out of 5]

Told a story

It was a good read but I have read other books about Anne Neville that were better. It seemed to me that the story would proceed and then backtrack as if the author forgot to tell you something that should have previously been mentioned. I also take exceptional to the epilogue whereby it states the princes of the tower were discovered under the stairs of the white tower.....that has not yet been proven.

[Pauline Calkin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the same novel published under the title “Desire the Kingdon.” I have posted a full review under that title

[Susan SM Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another POV on Richard III of England

An intriguing and well-written alternative story about the life of Richard III of England and his wife Anne of Warwick. Because of Shakespeare's play Richard III, throughout history the king has been portrayed as an evil and conniving hunchback usurper of the English throne in the mid 15th century. Legend also blames him for the murder of his two young nephews one of whom was Edward V the supposed rightful heir of the English throne. Ah, but would have Shakespeare's play survived the centuries had he portrayed Richard as being staunchly loyal to his brother Edward IV, and a loving but naive man whose love for his wife Anne and that of England his downfall? Probably not.
This book offers a different historical perspective about Anne and Richard. Read it and determine your opinion. The real truth probably lies somewhere in the middle.

[Terriann Rea-gaustad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Debated whether to rate as 3 or 4 stars, but it was an enjoyable read, so I went with 4. There are typos and language errors, with greater frequency in the last few chapters, I thought; more thorough editing would have been helpful. Anne Neville is an interesting historical figure that doesn't get a lot of attention. She was married to heirs on both the Lancaster and York sides, so her life is full of upheaval. I got interested in her from watching The White Queen series. Richard III and Anne in this book are a tad bit one dimensional, written as pretty much always being good. Still, I liked their story as it was written in this novel, and it's sad that things went so badly for them when they did seem to have good intentions. I've enjoyed finding out more about Richard III from other sources in recent years, and it seems more typical now to portray him not as the killer of the Princes in the Tower, but one who was framed for it. The only thing I would have really preferred to be included is more of Anne's younger years, but the author did as great job of covering a lot of material even without that time period.

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Richard and Anne could have been great monarchs for the commons but for the greed and betrayal of the nobles. I think this is a very good interpretation of known facts and history of this sad story and certainly closer in truth than anything Shakespeare wrote about Richard III. Having written his plays in the Tudor era, he could hardly have sung Richards praises if he wished to keep his head though. I enjoyed this book.

[Elizabeth · Rating 1 out of 5]

It should say a lot that I paid $4.99 for this book and could not finish it. I'm finding more and more in attempts to read a decent historical fiction of Anne Neville that her life has been reduced to insipid romance at best.
While this novel had the basic facts it was extraordinarily poorly written.

[Janina · Rating 1 out of 5]

Badly written and did not sustain my interest to read beyond a few pages, this is all I can say about this book.Disappointing read.