9/8/2023 0 Comments To kill a kingdom 2![]() ![]() The descriptions were whimsical and dark. And then I feel like the story just had a completely different vibe. First of all, Lira is a siren and there is a vast difference between sirens and mermaids in the book (SO appreciated that!! You know how fuzzy I get about those two getting mixed up together). I know that to Kill a Kingdom is a sort of retelling of the Little Mermaid, but I really didn’t have a hard time separating those two stories. Sirens, pirates and the cold ruthlessness and beauty of the ocean. However, from the get go, it had everything I liked in a story. I am trying my best not to simply scream at you that I loved the book. Sooo, that was a lot of unrelated preface for my review. ![]() Don’t forget to check out those lovely ladies’ blogs and to keep a lookout for Marie’s own review of the book. And second, I also want to thank Marie and Hurricane Books for being my buddy reader for this adventure. I rarely win those, so when she messaged me I was over the moon (and looking at the two books that came my way and that I absolutely love, I still am over the moon now) and she deserves all the thanks for making this happen. Otherwise, it does seem to be lacking context which would make it easier to follow-as well as very low energy despite the theme.Before starting this review, I want to give a huge shout out to Ari Romance Corner Blog because To Kill a Kingdom was one of the books I won in her giveaway. For history teachers and folks in the know, "To Kill a King" is good stuff-well acted and produced (even if the army of the Parliament only seems to have been made up of about 50 guys in this film!). While the film is about this divide and conquer scheme and the eventual trial of the King, it is difficult to understand all that led up to this-a weakness in the film that might have been dealt with by using a prologue or stretching out the film a bit longer. The army's leader, Fairfax, is reticent-and the man who is one of the powerhouses in Parliament, Cromwell, sees the execution as inevitable. Now, in light of all this, the leaders of the insurrection now see a need to end it.by killing their king. He also escaped custody and threatened to raise yet another army to begin the war again. ![]() In other words, divide the members of Parliament by promising various rewards and bribes. Now, with few remaining friends of his own, the King takes a 'divide and conquer' strategy. The main problem, as I see it, is that the King believed he was an absolute monarch and the Parliament was standing firm on their traditional rights-such as the right to tax (which the King repeatedly ignored). And, once the armies went home, the King simply ignored these reforms-and the war began anew. ![]() Each time the King's forces have been vanquished, he makes promises to make reforms. Many years have passed and the armies of the Parliament and the King's have fought many battles against each other. This story is about the latter portion of the Civil War. Also, you might want to read a few different sources, as most British authors I've read seem to think killing the king was a bad thing-whereas non-Brits probably are more willing to concede that this was pretty cool (particularly American or Marxist historians-who, for once, would agree with each other). I know-but considering my job, that's no surprise! So, unless you are really up on English history as well as the lives of Oliver Cromwell and Charles I, you might just want to read up on it before you watch "To Kill a King". Who fought on each side and what they were fighting over is not something most Americans would know. As a retired World History teacher, I know that very, very few of us know about the English Civil War of the 17th century. We Americans are pretty bad at knowing our own history let alone that of other countries. ![]()
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