ARA Review by Kathy Smith 7 of The Girl of Many Crowns

[Kathy Smith 7]

[Following is an OnlineBookClub.org ARA Review of the book, The Girl of Many Crowns.]

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5 out of 5 stars

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The book by D. H. Morris, The Girl of Many Crowns, the true story of a runaway queen and a powerful knight who defied an empire. In the early part of the first century, the 900s, fighting between early Germany, Rome, Italy, and France was a normal occurrence. They would intermarry queens and kings to gain territory and wealth, which is where this story begins.

As Judith marries many kings to end up with the one king she loves. Through many stories of her battles of kingdoms and love. Pictures of the battle area were included. It’s a true story and is a very entertaining and delightful book full of customs battles and how they lived.

What I liked about the stories is I loved the names back then King Aethelbald and King Aethelwulf. Famous kings of their day and still known today. The author knew the period and told a good story with that background knowledge. Good ending marrying her third husband and the ending goes along with history so the ending is history.

What I didn’t like was that the story was hard to follow, like a history book with the dates and names of the battles. But it was factual to that time period, making the book even more believable.

I gave it 5 out of 5 stars rating because it was so enjoyable to read a real page-turner. I couldn’t wait to see what happened next to Queen Judith. They fought who was going to win the war, who she was going to marry next, and what was going to happen to their kingdom.

It would be a good book for a library, or a school library because of the historical background and would go under historical fiction. Readers both young and old would enjoy this book.

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