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A review by ghost_of_the_library
Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey
2.0
Well..very rarely does this happen to me, but its not a first time...i am presently and for the nearest future officially giving up on a book about one of my fav topics of historical discussion.
This is impeccably researched, and obviously written by someone with decades of knowledge on the topic, however, the author has failed in engaging my attention and interest...and this is like the 20th book on the Tudors i have had in my hands!
David Starkey seems to "suffer", at least in my opinion, of a small problem called - i am awesome in my field of expertise but lack the ability to transmit my wisdom in a human, modern, interesting, engaging way!
Since i have read only half of it i am sticking to the 2 stars - the writing frankly bored me to death, and that is one expression i never thought i would use regarding anything about Henry VIII!!
I will get back to it eventually..no mountain should be left unconquered...but for the time being i am changing topics and directing my attention towards a nice gory bloody murder mistery:)
This is impeccably researched, and obviously written by someone with decades of knowledge on the topic, however, the author has failed in engaging my attention and interest...and this is like the 20th book on the Tudors i have had in my hands!
David Starkey seems to "suffer", at least in my opinion, of a small problem called - i am awesome in my field of expertise but lack the ability to transmit my wisdom in a human, modern, interesting, engaging way!
Since i have read only half of it i am sticking to the 2 stars - the writing frankly bored me to death, and that is one expression i never thought i would use regarding anything about Henry VIII!!
I will get back to it eventually..no mountain should be left unconquered...but for the time being i am changing topics and directing my attention towards a nice gory bloody murder mistery:)