The Taming of the Queen

‘Gregory makes history come alive ... riveting’  
‘A cleverly wrought political novel. In introducing Parr to a new audience, Gregory has done the first lady of English letters something of a favour’   
‘Gregory dramatises the story of a reluctant royal wife negotiating the anxious, dangerous years of her marriage… written with her usual authority and capacity for great drama’  
‘The Taming of the Queen reads like a clever, intimate thriller’ 
‘Gregory brilliantly captures the torn loyalties, treacheries and tragedies that lie beneath the historical detail, to entertaining effect’
‘The contemporary mistress of historical crime’   
‘Popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly told’ 
‘Gregory creates a world in which all but the most determined women are tools in the hands of powerful men… past-paced, convincing, vivid and engrossing’ 
‘Philippa Gregory has another hit on her hands with this gripping page-turner. Her novel simplifies and humanises the complex politics of the period’ 
‘Rollicking, page-turning stuff’  
‘Popular history at its best’   
‘Meticulously researched…for each novel she immerses herself in dozens of primary and secondary sources, before transforming them into vivid fiction’
‘Philippa Gregory is truly the mistress of the historical novel. It would be hard to make history more entertaining, lively or engaging’ 
 ‘Her novels are filled with strong, determined women who take their fate into their own hands’ 
‘Rarely has history been so seductive’