| The Last Heiress (Signet Eclipse) | 
 enlarge | Author: Bertrice Small
Publisher: Signet
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 166905
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 0451222709
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780451222701
ASIN: 0451222709
Publication Date: December 4, 2007
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Product Description
New York Times bestselling author Bertrice Small presents the conclusion of her highly acclaimed saga of Rosamund Bolton and her daughters with this dazzling tale of passion, intrigue, and seduction. Set against the glorious backdrop of King Henry's sixteenth-century court, The Last Heiress stars Elizabeth Meredith, the youngest Bolton daughter, who will risk everything to protect her beloved Friarsgate.
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 The Last Heiress May 8, 2008
This is a very good book It is the last book in the series. Read the whole series and you will enjoy it.
 Gift for Mom January 16, 2008
I bought about 9 various Beatrice Small books for my mom to read. She is an avid reader and fan of Beatrice's books. I can't speak about the book itself, but I am pleased with my ability to order all the books that she needed to complete out the series. She was elated to receiver her shipment of new books. No complaints!
 The Last Heiress December 27, 2007
In general terms, I enjoyed the Friarsgate series, it strikes me as odd that the original heiress went through so much to retain control of Friarsgate, but gave it up to her youngest daughter with hardly any emotion. It's like "oh well, I'm got myself a new gorgeous husband and I'm leaving". Very strange.
Another oddity is Phillipa's (I may have her name wrong, but it's one of the first two books) husband is the best thing since sliced bread in her novel, only to be described here as rather stupid and only interested in hunting. Doesn't the author realize that fans remember things like that?
Better Than Philippa August 21, 2007
This first few chapters of this book was a bit boring but it got better when Baen and Elizabeth became close. I loved reading about them. Elizabeth was a lot more likable than Philippa.
I felt a little sad near the end of this book, because, I knew it was the last one in the series. The Friarsgate series is not as good as the Skye O'Malley series but I did like the first two books in this series very much. Rosamund and Logan made the first two books enjoyable. If they had been featured a lot more in this book and in 'Philippa', I think the Friarsgate series would have been almost as good as the Skye O'Malley series.
I wanted to read more about Rosamund and Logan but I still enjoyed this book.
 Boring February 15, 2007
This is the final installment in the Friarsgate series. It tells the story of Elizabeth Meredith, Rosamund's youngest daughter, who was made heiress to the estate, after her eldest sister, Philippa, renounced it.
The novel begins with Elizabeth and Rosamund arguing on the subject of a husband for Elizabeth. Elizabeth agrees to go to court, if her Uncle Tom, who had also taken her older sisters, agrees to accompany her. At court, she befriends the exotic new-comer Anne Boleyn.
This book is definitely not up to par with Small's earlier works. It is quite repetitive. They dwell on how Elizabeth ended up in charge of Friarsgate, how she doesn't want to go to court and belongs on her estates, "don't call me Bessie," and so on. It also just drags. It takes forever to her to get to court, and when she does, she leaves right away because she "doesn't belong there." Then it is back to Friarsgate for more of the same "I need someone who loves Friarsgate as I do." There are not very many sex scenes, as Elizabeth and her hero don't consummate their relationship until about 3/4 of the way though the book. The entire book is predictable and there are no plot twists at all.
I did like the description of Anne Boleyn's coronation, as well as any interaction with the "real" people from history, as I do with many of Small's novels. I enjoy reading on how she perceives these people and what types of personalities she gives them. Unfortunately, since Elizabeth's time at court was limited, there wasn't much incorporation of them in the entire novel.
I still read Small's works, mostly out of habit now, I think. But if you want a really good romance with more interesting plot lines and characters, check out her earlier works, like the Skye O'Malley series, or the Leslie novels (The Kadin, Love Wild and Fair, etc).
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