Andrew Morton

Advantages: The author cleverly teases you by insinuating that there is further revelations to come.
Disadvantages: None that I can think of.

...Once again, the 'Richard and Judy book club' does not disappoint, with this fantastic book which continuously keeps you hooked right up until the last few pages. With a fantastic use of flashbacks, this book is extremely well thought out. Moreover it cleverly teases the reader into feeling that with each chapter, there is greater intensity, mystery and revelations to come. Kate Morton has a fantastic way of making you want to carry on reading when you've reached the end of a chapter. There are a plethora of deep and interesting characters in this novel, each of whom add further intrigue to the story, and whom you can vividly imagine thanks to Morton's fantastic depiction of them. Having read all 600 pages within 5 days, I would say that this is definitely a "must read".... Read review

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Advantages: It's a book, and books are, by definition, good things, right?
Disadvantages: This might be the exception that proves the rule with regard to the advantages

..., but wouldn’t anyone? Maybe that’s the point though – to show that deep down they’re really just like us... I haven’t read all that many biographies, usually preferring pure fiction instead, but I’ve read enough to know that this is not a good one. It’s not that their lives are so dull because in fact they’re quite the opposite. Instead it’s to do with the bias. The entire way through, Morton slates the couple and their families, to such an extent that you wonder why he bothered writing it in the first place. If he thinks that little of them, why on earth did he invest so much time and effort into researching them? Oh yeah, money…. The couple tried to ban this book but only succeeded in having a small number of sections removed. We’ll never really know what those bits said, but I... Read review

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Advantages: It's all true
Disadvantages: Might damage your opinions of the royals

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