[.uk] Duchess: A Novel of Sarah Churchill

excellent history of English royalty:
An interesting novel, at times couldn't put it down. At least it wasn't boring like some historical novels.

The Original Power Couple:
Sarah Jenning according to the book "The Duchess" appears to be one of history's first power couples. The novel describes the rise of Sarah Jennings and her husband through the court of Charles II through Queen Anne. The novel shows how the two worked together to becomes one of the wealthiest and most powerful couple in England. It was a great novel with the right amount of detail and history along with a compelling story line.

Pleasantly Surprised:
I was pleasantly surprised by this book as most books of this nature are really hit or miss. The book was engaging and the characters are well-developed and remained true (for the most part) to their character development and did not go off on tangents that left you shaking your head wondering what was going on. The author did a great job contextualizing the historical era but leaving the overall focus to the characters in the book.

Lush Detail Rules!:
I'm normally not a huge fan of first-person POV, but it works for this novel. I've been fascinated with the Churchill's for years, and this book was a wonderful chance to peek inside the life of the matriarch of the dynasty.

Good, but could have been better:
I love historical fiction and this one was pretty good, though could have been so much better. There is too much skipping ahead for one thing. For example, Mr.Churchill would go on these missions that Sarah hated him for doing, and always complained about how much she missed him, yet a few pages later he'd have returned (this being theoretically many months or a year later) safely into her arms, feeling to me like he had never left at all. Same thing happened whenever she became pregnant, almost as if her pregnancies were back to back when they really were not. I'll read the other books Miss Scott has written, and hope those are more promising. This title was still enjoyable and worth it, so I would recommend it for any historical fiction readers looking to kill some time.