Elisabeth I.

by Cornelia Wusowski

Der Roman Ihres Lebens

Genres: Historical, Historical Fiction

1163 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Sophie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wish I finished this about ten years ago when I read the first half of this. I probably would have enjoyed this far more if I was still in my teens, but I'm older now and a bit wiser and know a lot more about the Tudor reign (thank you Cate Blanchett and Henry Cavill!!), so I couldn't help but notice that this is...really not that well written. It also has one of my pet-peeves in it: telling a (background) story through dialogue. There were far too many instances when one person would tell another all about past events concerning the Spanish succession for example and it took me right out of my reading experience. I hate when that happens because I'm always painfully aware that I am reading a book right now and the author clearly thought "Well, how do I give my readers the needed information now?" (Ken Follett is especially guilty of doing this), not to mention that as a result the dialogue gets completely stilted (seriously, no one talks like this). So, I appreciate the research that went into this book, but as a historical fiction novel it falls short.

[Luisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Das Buch ist sehr spannend geschrieben. Die Autorin hat es geschafft, dass man die 1000 Seiten ohne Mühe und Last lesen kann, ohne sich wegen gähnender Geschichtswiedergabe und Auflistung von Ereignissen zu langweilen. Leider gab es keine weiteren Ausführungen inwieweit der Roman reelles beinhaltet oder fiktiv geschrieben ist. Vom Schreibstil her gab es häufige Wiederholungen von satzaufbau und Wörtern, aber das hindert nicht daran das Buch zu genießen.