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The daughter of a disgraced Earl, she matched wits with a prince. It is the fourteenth century, the height of the Medieval Age, and at the court of King Edward III of England, chivalry is loudly praised while treachery runs rampant. When the lovely and high-spirited Joan of Kent is sent to this politically charged court, she is woefully unprepared for the underhanded maneuverings of her peers.
Determined to increase the breadth of his rule, the king will use any means necessary to gain control of France -- including manipulating his own son, Edward, Prince of Wales. Joan plots to become involved with the prince to scandalize the royal family, for she has learned they engineered her father's downfall and death. But what begins as a calculated strategy soon -- to Joan's surprise -- grows into love. When Joan learns that Edward returns her feelings, she is soon fighting her own, for how can she love the man that ruined her family? And, if she does, what will be the cost?
Filled with scandal, court intrigue, and prominent figures of the Medieval Age,The First Princess of Wales has at its center a wonderful love story, which is all the more remarkable because it is true. Karen Harper's compelling, fast-paced novel tells the riveting tale of an innocent girl who marries a prince and gives birth to a king.
Determined to increase the breadth of his rule, the king will use any means necessary to gain control of France -- including manipulating his own son, Edward, Prince of Wales. Joan plots to become involved with the prince to scandalize the royal family, for she has learned they engineered her father's downfall and death. But what begins as a calculated strategy soon -- to Joan's surprise -- grows into love. When Joan learns that Edward returns her feelings, she is soon fighting her own, for how can she love the man that ruined her family? And, if she does, what will be the cost?
Filled with scandal, court intrigue, and prominent figures of the Medieval Age,The First Princess of Wales has at its center a wonderful love story, which is all the more remarkable because it is true. Karen Harper's compelling, fast-paced novel tells the riveting tale of an innocent girl who marries a prince and gives birth to a king.
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Keri (
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
A favorite of mine that i've finally decided to let go. I'm a big fan of English royalty, especially the late Princess Diana, and this whole book is about her family starting with Joan of Kent, and ending with Princess Diana. Wonderful details and of course a sad ending. The author doesn't really talk much about Princess Di, just a little bit about how the whole story relates to her, but it is a great story, and highly recommended.
Kerry B. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I have very mixed feelings about this book. I was very excited to read it, as I am about all books surrounding the earlier English monarchy & nobility. But while I know that this book was a work of fiction, it was based on a real person, and I felt that the author played around with some of the facts of Joan's early marital history in order to make a more compassionate character. Also, the author kept referring to Joan being a "distant" relation to the ruling family, when she was actually first cousin to the king! How is that distant?
I never felt very compassionate to Joan. I don't know if it was how the author wrote her, or just the person herself, but I never really liked her in this book. I know she was trying to "be her own person" and also get revenge for her father's murder, but I never really cared about her or her motives. I actually liked the secondary character of Princess Isabella a lot more than Joan. And I also liked the Prince.
All in all, I kept reading the book because I wanted to like Joan, and I wanted to enjoy the book. I rated it a 3 for some of the plot points and storylines such as the battles with the French. But I don't feel that this lived up to the "epic" love story that Joan and the Prince were reported to have had.
Katie B. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
A wonderfull read, and so very true to the time. Following the true historical love story of Edward Prince of Wales, and Joan the fair maiden of Kent. The house of plantagent is a true passion of mine, and this book showed them as they were. This book is a must read for anyone who enjoys the 14th century, love, history, it truly had a mirad of stories to tell.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
At first I thought this was a historical romance the way it started out. But there really isnt any sex in it. So then I said to myself, hmmm, a historical fiction. So I looked up the characters on wicpedia (sp) and found them! It was very exciting to know that they
had been real! I really like this author! If you havent yet read her Elizabethian mysteries you MUST!
Ruth T. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I so wish that I had bought this book, instead of checking it out of the library. I've read reviews that boo hooed this book and those that loved it... I fall into the loved it camp. But I think I am biased towards it because I have a degree from college in this stuff (history) and second because I'm apparently related to the real life version of the characters (along with half a million other people, but still cool).
This book is NOT a romance in the way of thrashy, hot and heavy (by the way, not all paperback romances are this way), it is a love story. It is told over a lifetime about two people that really did live and breathe. (Though you have to take the day to day details as fiction but the major facts are true... I looked them up!) I highly recommend this book and think that if you are interested in a good love story with twists and turns, then you will enjoy this book a whole lot.
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