DIVINE
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Grant Nisbett, New Zealand television rugby commentator
I really enjoyed it. A most enjoyable, if unpredictable read. The royal Family, the All Blacks, Commonwealth relations, dodgy politicians and down on the farm Kiwi humour and resourcefulness all combined to mak
Kirkus Review, Leading U.S. book review magazine est. 1933
An epic satire, set between 1999 and 2023, aims at the British royal family and the entire Commonwealth. Twenty-year-old Princess Divine Saxe-Coburg and Gotha of England, born in 2002, never intended to live up
LoveReading, UK’s leading book review recommendation site.
LOVEREADING EXPERT REVIEW OF DIVINE’S CHOICE A satirical saga based around British and Rugby royalty. Parody to the point of farce at times, ‘Divine’s Choice’ by Alastair Carthew sees Queen Lili
Sam Ibeh – OnlineBookClub.org review of “Divine’s Choice”
In Divine’s Choice by Alastair Carthew, Queen Liliana was the type of queen that did not care about the royal rules of conduct. She had ascended the throne by sheer will and the carelessness of the Wind
John Woodd, former Newspaper Editor. (New Zealand)
How do you write a serious review about a satirical novel whose over-the-top plot and style is based on total nonsense? feels like a blend of the likes of Spike Milligan, Ben Elton, Fred Dagg, Monty Python Â
Colin Hill, Rock Musician (Australia)
A jolly pasquinade of the cavorting upper classes and royalty in their sense of entitlement and corruption set against a backdrop of a thinly veiled alternate universe, all delivered by characters not dissimila