Ebook {Epub PDF} A Want of Kindness: A Novel of Queen Anne by Joanne Limburg

 · Joanne Limburg’s A Want of Kindness is an intriguing mix of fact and fiction combining to create the very poignant story of the life of Queen Anne, last of the Stuart monarchs. We learn of her close friendships and reliance on those who serve her, particularly Sarah Jennings/Churchill, who use their position to further the advancement of family and friends (often for a price!)/5. A Want of Kindness chronicles the life of Anne Stuart, just before she is named queen. Anne was never meant to be queen. Her father was a duke, and her uncle was Charles II. She also had an older sister named Mary. However, due to unforeseen events, one of which she led a betrayal of her father, Anne rises to be a princess and an heiress of England/5(21). A Want of Kindness chronicles the life of Anne Stuart, just before she is named queen. Anne was never meant to be queen. Her father was a duke, and her uncle was Charles II. She also had an older sister named Mary. However, due to unforeseen events, one of which she led a betrayal of her father, Anne rises to be a princess and an heiress of England/5(24).

Our July guest is Joanne Limberg, talking about her début novel, A Want of Kindness, about Queen Anne. Joanne Limburg began her writing career as a poet, publishing two collections with Bloodaxe Books. She has also published a memoir, The Woman Who Thought Too Much and a book of poems for children, called Bookside Down. A WANT OF KINDNESS By Joanne Limburg pp. Pegasus Books. $ My first encounter with Queen Anne was in the epilogue to Antonia Fraser's "Mary Queen of Scots." During a search of the. Joanne Limburg was born in London in , and studied Philosophy at Cambridge. She has since gained an MA in Psychoanalytic Studies, worked as an Associate Lecturer for the Open University, and was the Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Magdalen College, Cambridge, from to

Book Review Title: A Want of Kindness Author: Joanne Limburg Genre: Historical/Romance Rating: ** Review: In Queen Anne ascended to the throne, the last of the Stuart monarchs, an unfortunate and unlucky royal dynasty in so many ways. Before inheriting the throne, Anne occupied a unique position. In her first novel, Limburg re-creates the life of Lady Anne of York, the late 17th-century granddaughter of the martyred Charles I, niece of the restored Charles II, daughter of James II, and future Queen of England. She grows up a weak-eyed and pious child in the court of her charismatic uncle, with her sister, Mary. FICTION//A Want of Kindness: A Novel of Queen Anne- Joanne Limburg who wanted to learn more about Queen Anne. And although novels aren’t where we’d find facts.