I found it to be fairly slow paced, and had a disappointing ending. I admire her strength in what she went through, but thought she should have been more of a Queen.

I always love how I learn a part of history because I'm reading a book set in that time period (I Wiki the people and battles and such when I start the book). I loved the story of Catherine and Owain the way the author told it in her book, it's a lovely story of love conquering a whole lot of obstacles. I felt sad when I learned she died at such a young age and that little Harry went mad later on in his life.

6 out of 10 - specifically for helping me draw what is probably an obvious line between Shakespeare's Henry V and Joan d'Arc. Also I'd like to know more about Christine de Pizan, without whom we would know far less about any of it.

The middle ages was def Game of Thrones, with alliances forming & dissolving randomly & cousins & siblings ascending & getting stabbed in the back at the drop of a hat, all with the dissonant undercurrent of the Church claiming the blood of Charlemagne to be "SACRED" & anointed & whatever while ignoring that the inbred royals have developed psychosis (if they only knew the word).

I was bored out of my mind and had trouble of wanting to pick it up. And why did all Lancastrian people had bulging eyes, frog eyes or something? Started to annoy me.