Having been a fan of the previous books by the Author in this series I was looking forward to reading this latest offering . However this book was not of the same standard as those previously - much of the book revolves around meal time discussions , a character ( recently experiencing 2 murder attempts on his life ) managing to notice sparrows , listen to a story teller - would he not be fully aware of his surroundings , full of adrenalin ? a contradiction perhaps ? The character of Christopher Urswicke - "the founder of the British Secret Service". should perhaps have been introduced earlier in the book - it would have given the book much more pace and interest . That being said I find the Politics of the time between the Houses of York and Lancaster and Margaret Beaufort 's place in the scheme of things interesting . If the writer continuous with this series I will be very happy to read whatever he produces with the note that I hope the next book would flow faster , with more interesting characters . I was given an ARC of this book by Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Having been a fan of the previous books by the Author in this series I was looking forward to reading this latest offering . However this book was not of the same standard as those previously - much of the book revolves around meal time discussions , a character ( recently experiencing 2 murder attempts on his life ) managing to notice sparrows , listen to a story teller - would he not be fully aware of his surroundings , full of adrenalin ? a contradiction perhaps ? The character of Christopher Urswicke - "the founder of the British Secret Service". should perhaps have been introduced earlier in the book - it would have given the book much more pace and interest . That being said I find the Politics of the time between the Houses of York and Lancaster and Margaret Beaufort 's place in the scheme of things interesting . If the writer continuous with this series I will be very happy to read whatever he produces with the note that I hope the next book would flow faster , with more interesting characters . I was given an ARC of this book by Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for an honest review.