Книгата е с твърди корици.
The New York Times said that "the duchess herself would be delighted at her resurrection in Margaret the First . . . Dutton expertly captures the pathos of a woman whose happiness is furrowed with the anxiety of underacknowledgment."
A review from The Guardian praises Dutton for "us[ing] her staccato structure to illuminate from within individual moments of frustration and inspiration" with Margaret's character.
Dutton is again praised in another review from BBC.com for her "refreshing and idiosyncratic style . . . [she] portrays the inner turmoil and eccentric genius of an intellectual far ahead of her time."