This is a great story that is inspired by Queen Mary and her sister Elizabeth. This book is a "sort" of sequel to The Other Boylen Girl, which was excellent. This has spots where it drones on, and the ending is alittle flat, but about 50 pages before the ending it was great, I think Phillipa Gregory wanted to tied up the ends, and finished it, but there were some spots where it could have used alittle bit more.