Philippa Gregory
Paperback | Pages: 661 pages Rating: 4.06 | 445004 Users | 16559 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #9) |
| Author | : | Philippa Gregory |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Touchstone Edition 2003 |
| Pages | : | Pages: 661 pages |
| Published | : | May 21st 2003 by Washington Square Press (first published April 21st 2001) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. LGBT. GLBT. Queer. Horror. Dark |
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This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780743227445Two sisters competing for the greatest prize: The love of a king
When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realises just how much she is a pawn in her family's ambitious plots as the king's interest begins to wane and she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. Then Mary knows that she must defy her family and her king and take fate into her own hands.
A rich and compelling novel of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue, The Other Boleyn Girl introduces a woman of extraordinary determination and desire who lived at the heart of the most exciting and glamourous court in Europe and survived by following her heart.
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| Original Title: | The Other Boleyn Girl |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #9, The Tudor Court #3 |
| Characters: | Anne Boleyn, Catherine of Aragon, Jane Seymour, Mary Boleyn, Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Henry VIII of England, Mary I of England, Elizabeth I of England |
| Setting: | Westminster Palace, London, England,1521(United Kingdom) England |
| Literary Awards: | Romantic Novel of the Year (RoNa's) Award (2002), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2009) |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 445004 Users | 16559 ReviewsJudgment About Books The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels #9)
An enjoyable read but I am afraid Wolf Hall has ruined me for historical fiction set in this period. I kept waiting for Cromwell to walk in and organise everything! There has been a lot of criticism about this book being light on historical fact but since it is fiction I did not mind that. I wondered if it limited itself by telling it through the character of Mary. She was not a very politically aware or even especially intelligent person and seeing the story unfold though her eyes alone made itOK firstly, there's no doubt that Philippa Gregory can write a good story. Her prose is engaging and the content fThe Other Boleyn girl was easy to read.However what put me off was the absolute ignorance of historical fact and total villification of Anne Boleyn - yes this is a fictional interpretation but now it has made it to the big screen, there are a few who will think this is what really happened.Ms. Gregory describes Mary Boleyn as her personal heroine and this bias is clear through the
First time I was introduced to Anne Boleyn and I have been infatuated with her ever since her cause my own and my own quite forgotten. Happily so. Recklessly so. So, Gregory gets props for that but nought for much else, see not all is forgiven not even close. Because I completely, utterly, vehemently resent Gregory's depiction of Anne in this book. And After watching Natalie Dormer perform Anne, yes perform; no other word for it, oh boy, no one else can ever be Anne Boleyn for me. Dormer
"You just keep on being sweetly stupid, Mary. You do it beautifully." Mary Boleyn is one of Queen Katherine's many ladies-in-waiting. But things change when she catches King Henry VIII's eye. Her family, led by Uncle Thomas Howard, quickly push her into becoming the King's mistress, but Anne, Mary's sister, is never satisfied. Set amidst the turmoil of King Henry's early rule, we follow Mary through her affair with the King, the strife between King Henry and Queen Katherine, and the marriage of
Real Rating: 3.75* of fiveNot bad...not bad at all...fast and loose with some details, speculations presented as facts, but it's a novel. The facts being pretty well known, I don't feel the need to recap them. Anne's character is quite modern for the day, but that's likely to be accurate. Anne was a schemer and her world was a bitterly competitive one. I wasn't in any way displeased by the more, shall we say, possessed of agency Anne; I was, however, extremely irked at Mary's characterization.
The thing you must realize about this book is that it is, first and foremost, a novel. A novel based on actual historical events, yes, but still a work of fiction. So for those that criticize it for its historical inaccuracy, your criticism is misplaced. This is not a biography of Mary Boleyn or Anne Boleyn and it doesn't pretend to be.I myself am a bit of a Tudor junkie and love reading both fiction and nonfiction about the family and the times, and I found this book a delight. It had all the
This was not only the first Philippa Gregory book that I read, but also what made me interested in the Tudors. I have read one copy to the point of disintegration and am now onto a second copy.Before reading this book, I had NO IDEA that Anne Boleyn had a sister. Pretty much all I knew was that Anne didn't give the king a son and got her head chopped off for it. This novel was riveting! I love books where I learn about things I had no idea about, and the icing on the cake is if it's done in an
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