Phillipa Gregory fans...which is your favourite book for hers?

[soldieron]

Have read one or two..and don't know which one to go for next. Some of them seem to be part of a series..can I read those as one offs or is it best to start with the first one?

I've read her books more or less at random depending on whichever is available at the library or I've found in a charity shop.

I don't feel I've lost much by this approach - they are stand-alones, really. Though if I were buying her books from Waterstone's or Amazon I would probably go for a more orderly method.

In case you are unaware of it, I'd like to take this opportunity to point out the existence of Gregory's 'The Little House', which is a contemporary thriller completely unlike her historical work. I feel that it's overlooked, but it's very good! It was televised a few years ago, and I enjoyed the adaptation, too.

I loved The Constant Princess.

The Boleyn books are my favourite. The Cousins War series is okay, and the rest of the Tudors re good, but I think the Boleyn Inheritance is excellent.

I agree you can read them as stand alone books.

The wideacre trilogy.

The Tudor series are to be read as

The Constant Princess (Katherine of Aragon)
The Other Boleyn Girl (Anne Boleyn)
The Boleyn Inheritance (Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard)
The Queens Fool (Mary 1st)
The Virgins LOver (Elizabeth 1ST)
The Other Queen (Mary Queen of Scots)

Although they are all stand alone, this is the order historically. The Other Queen is the weakest and the one I enjoyed least.

I didn't like any of them much except The Other Boleyn Girl which I thought was pretty good. (the film was shit though)

I've really enjoyed The Cousins War novels as it was all new to me. I think Lady of The Rivers is now one of my favourites of Phillippa Gregory's. It completely sparked my historical curiosity and imagination.

I also rated The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance and The Queen's Fool as best.

I thought The Other Queen and some of her other novels like The Wise Woman quite poor.

Galaxy I have just downloaded her essay on Jacquetta, part of a book called "The Women of The Cousins War". Good read if you haven't seen it.

My mil bought me The Queen's Fool as a b'day present and hadn't heard of P.G before and absolutley loved it (although in places I was biting my nails and inwardly shivering at the brutal things they did to Heretic's back then)! I've just bought The Virgin's Lover as have read mostly all her other books now but somehow missed this one. Finished The Lady of the Rivers and loved that one too.

Was bought David Starkey's 'Six Wives' The Queen's of Henry VIII as a b'day present too so will enjoy reading that from a different male perspective!

Wideacre trilogy here as well.

Meant to say mil bought me the Queen's Fool several B'days agoand ever since then have got into P.G

LadyInPink, if you're interested in a fictional male perspective on the Tudor period I would recommend the C J Sansom series of murder mysteries featuring the hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake as protagonist.

Shardlake is a complex but sympathetic hero, and the books are dense with historical detail - a very good read.

I totally loved The Other Boleyn Girl. It was so full of atmoshphere I actually thought I was there!!. I was disappointed in the Queen's Fool, and only read a chapter. So haven't tried the others yet.

I have read The White Queen and The Red Queen. i got them as a gift from MIL. I really enjoyed them, as although they are a work of fiction it really sparked my interest in that period of history and I've since bought a few factual books on the same era

Oh and Restoration by Rose Tremain is really good.

Thanks Roxy

I like all her books but my favourite is a respectable trade Hth

Ooh I love PG and can't wait for the new book. The Wise Woman is very good and I loved the wideacre ones, particularly the first novel. The Tudor series is probably the easiest to get into. If you like the factual perspective, Alison Weir wrote an interesting book about Mary Boleyn. It is worth reading Gregory's novels in order to complement the historical chronology.

I quite enjoyed The Little House and enjoyed hating the MIL in it.

Really enjoyed the Other Boleyn Girl, far and away the best imo.

I've only read two of hers and I really enjoyed The Other Boleyn Girl but I've got a couple more on my to read list.

I understand she's not everybody's cup of tea though :)

Alison weir has also written historical fiction which is similar to PG so if you like PG give AW a try!