Whistle Stopper - The Boleyn Inheritance

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780743272513
ISBN: 074327251X
Label: Touchstone Books
Manufacturer: Touchstone Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: 2007-08-07
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Studio: Touchstone Books

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Summary: a good read
Comment: This is the second book I have read by Philippa Gregory. When I finished the first book, The Other Boleyn..., I immediately went to Amazon and purchased this book. Although it is basically fiction, the way Gregory intertwines fact, when the courts moved about England, and fiction, any dialog, is wonderful. If you have any interest in the wives of Henry VIII, I highly recommend this book, and possibly any other she writes!

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Summary: Loved it!
Comment: What more can one say? Great historical information. Felt like I was really there. Wow, being royalty in those days wasn't exactly an advantage!

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Summary: ...No Fury Like a Woman Beheaded
Comment: KF Zuzulo is the author of A Genie in the House of Saud: Zubis Rises
It's almost as dead Anne Boleyn curses Henry to perceive his marital lot as intolerable, no matter who he was married to. He really was a churlish cur; and, in this version of the tale, he's not even attractive anymore. However, if you liked The Other Boleyn Girl, you'll really enjoy this extension on the story of courtly intrigue and the scheming necessary for survival. You can't blame the chaste Anne of Cleaves for being a pushover, or Jane Boleyn for being a twit, or Katherine for being a silly simp. They were just being the women they were -- the intrigue lies in how that interacts with Henry's reprehensible personality.
Gregory conveys all the glamour and pageantry of courtly life in a way that makes you feel you've studied the era -- plus you get all the juicy gossip and scandal. Not as sexy as The Other Boleyn Girl, but definitely worth reading.

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Summary: Another can't put down from Philippa Gregory!
Comment: While not as excellent as The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance is a darn great read! It has intrigue, romance, murder, lust, betrayal, suspense, humor, irony....I read this 500 page book in 5 days, it kept me reading late at night. (Not something I do often with a toddler who wears me out during the day!) There wasn't a boring page through the entire thing- the 3 main characters Queen Anne, Queen Katherine and Jane Boleyn are not to be forgotten. Each are intriguing in their own way and their stories pull you in. Even if you aren't very familiar with this period in time, like myself, you can still enjoy this book because the author does a good job at setting the background, filling in information and giving you tidbits of knowledge. The author's attention to detail is superb. Gregory does it again!!

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Summary: Not to the Same Standard
Comment: I feel as though this book was written as a sort of afterthought. All the other books in this "series" are based on a single woman, which offers increased involvement in the story. Meanwhile this book lacks the same plot development and time spent on the characters, as there are two wives who share the book along with at least two other major characters. This book could definitely be written more satisfyingly as two individual novels.

You definitely don't want to read these books out of chronological order; you just won't get the same richness out of them. Gregory's phenomenal skills with character development is lost without the background from each previous book.

For reference, the order to read these books is:
The Constant Princess
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Boleyn Inheritance
The Queen's Fool
The Virgin's Lover

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Three women who share one fate: the Boleyn Inheritance

ANNE OF CLEVES: She runs from her tiny country, her hateful mother, and her abusive brother to a court ruled by the terror of a vengeful king who despises her. Her Boleyn Inheritance: accusations and false witness.

KATHERINE HOWARD: She is in love -- but not with the diseased old man who made her queen and beds her night after night. Her Boleyn Inheritance: the threat of the axe.

JANE ROCHFORD: She is the Boleyn girl whose testimony sent her husband and sister-in-law to their deaths. Throughout Europe, her name is a byword for malice, jealousy, and twisted lust. Her Boleyn Inheritance: a fortune and a title, in exchange for her soul.

The Boleyn Inheritance is a novel drawn tight as a lute string about three women whose positions brought them wealth, admiration, and power as well as deceit, betrayal, and terror. Once again, Philippa Gregory is at her intelligent, page-turning best.