Review: abyssmal
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2014
Without a doubt, one of the worst books I have ever read, and I have read thousands.I am tempted to give it a minus 5 stars - is that possible?I thought from the 'blurb' that I would be reading a 'backstairs' type of book about royal 'pecadillos' - a 'comedy' in other words - what did I get? -- I book full of inaccurate 'facts?' for the first part of the book, and then a mess of total vitriolic and one-sided comments about the current royal family.For a start, the authors assessing of past monarchs  reads like fantasy - Edward 1 a 'good' king? possibly if you forget his desire to exterminate an entire race (the Scots) and his treatment of Robert the Bruce's family when he captured them he may class as?good? to some eyes. Also Edward V1 was not succeeded by Richard 111 - Edward 1V was - Edward V1 was the only son of Henry V111 & was succeeded by Lady Jane Grey & then Mary 1 & Elizabeth 1. Also, George V1' wife was Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later the Queeen Mother, George's MOTHER  was Mary, wife of George V. The latter part of the book was nothing more than an attack on the current royal family & a defence of Diana, who, as we all know, was absolutely 'perfect' - ( yes, sure she was!!!!).I sincerely hope that, that if this is a sample of this author's literary ability, she stops writing now, or, if she does attempt another book, she checks her facts before publishing it and at least it is listed in the 'fantasy' section of Amazon books, so that people who want facts won't even look at it. - A total waste of money.