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The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory

Description: ISBN 0007190328 / Author: Philippa Gregory / Genre: Fiction / From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl comes a wonderfully ... more

The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory ... atmospheric evocation of the court of Henry VIII, and the one woman who destroyed two of his queens. The year is 1539 and the court of Henry VIII is increasingly fearful at the moods of the ageing sick king. With only a baby in the cradle for an heir, Henry has to take another wife and the dangerous prize of the crown of England is won by Anne of Cleves. She has her own good reasons for agreeing to marry a man old enough to be her father, in a country where to her both language and habits are foreign. Although fascinated by the glamour of her new surroundings, she senses a trap closing around her. Catherine is confident that she can follow in the steps of her cousin Anne Boleyn to dazzle her way to the throne but her kinswoman Jane Boleyn, haunted by the past, knows that Anne's path led to Tower Green and to an adulterer's death. The story of these three young women, trying to make their own way through the most volatile court in Europe at a time of religious upheaval and political uncertainty is Philippa Gregory's most intense novel yet.

Newest Review: ... and Jane Boleyn we see the result of the disatrous union with Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard's infidelity and all of this ... more

... backed up with Jane Boleyn's input. Each chapter alternaties between the perspective of one of these women which gradually forms the building blocks of the story. This is another novel from Philippa Gregory that will keep you avidly turning the pages, devouring each word with anticipation and enjoyment. I feel that Gregory came up trumps with beleivable characterisations of all 3 women - working with little information as history does not note much of their existence. Obviously much of it is fiction and speculation bu...more

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The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory: Who wants this Inheritance (1306 words)
by - written on 07/12/08 (Very useful, 123 readings)
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I thought for a change I would try my hand at reviewing a book, so here goes. Ever since I started researching my family tree I have become interested in reading books set in the past, just so I can get a bit of an insight into how my ancestors may have lived. OK so at the moment I haven't found any royalty in my tree but I have found out that my Great x 3 Grandfather worked as a Carpenter in the Tower of London for Queen Victoria and traced my tree back to around 1580 when Queen Elizabeth I would have been on the throne. Although being an East Ender now living in Derbyshire quite a few of my ancestors were born and bred in the slums of the East End of London, ... Read the complete review

Life & Death at Henry VIII's Court (989 words)
by - written on 10/09/07 (Very useful, 352 readings)
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*** The Author *** Philippa Gregory was born in Kenya in 1954, and then her family moved to England. She has degrees in history and literature, and has worked for a local newspaper and BBC radio. Now a full time writer, she lives with her family on a small farm in the North of England. She has written contemporary novels, but is most well known for her historical fiction. *** Background to Plot *** This tale of the volatile and dangerous court of King Henry VIII is told in turns by his third wife Anne of Cleves, and her maids in waiting Katherine Howard and Jane Boleyn. At the start of each chapter is the ... Read the complete review

The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory: The Price of an Inheritance (1175 words)
by - written on 14/04/08 (Very useful, 144 readings)
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After I finished reading The Other Boleyn Girl earlier this year I couldn't wait to get my hands on another of Philippa Gregory's books from The Tudor Court series. It kept me gripped throughout and was arguably the best book I'd read this year... so far! The Author Philippa Gregory was born in Kenya and moved to England at an early age. She has quite a selection of novels under her belt, including both adult's and children's books as well as several travel publications. Her novels fall into one of four series which include The Wideacre Trilogy, Historical Novels, Modern Novels and The Tudor Court Novels. The Boleyn Inheritance was published back in ... Read the complete review

I wouldn't want this Inheritance... (644 words)
by - written on 23/07/09 (Very useful, 71 readings)
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The Boleyn Inheritance is set after The Other Boleyn Girl, Queen Jane is dead and the King is looking for his new wife, and so we meet Lady Anne of Cleves. The book however isn't only through the eyes of Anne and it switches between a young Katherine Howard and Lady Jane Rochford the sister-in-law in Anne Boleyn, the be-headed Queen. The book begins with Anne of Cleves having her potrait painted along with her sister, and she strongly wishes to be the next Queen of England. We meet Lady Jane Rochford living a boring life in the country and longing for a request to go back to court to be a lady in waiting to the new Queen. Katherine Howard is at Lambeth ... Read the complete review

The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory: One King, Two Wives and a snake in the grass (1935 words)
by - written on 13/02/09 (Very useful, 110 readings)
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Ok, it seems I've been on Amazon again, unsupervised, which means I've been able to indulge one of my obsessions; Henry VIII and his six wives. Having recently read a few books on the subject, one of which was The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory I came across this by the same author and just had to have it. The Boleyn Inheritance is written in Philippa Gregory's usual style of turning history into a dramatic novel which mostly stays true to the real events. This book is written from the viewpoint of three different women, Jane Boleyn who was George Boleyn's wife, Anne of Cleves who was of course Henry's 4th wife and Katherine Howard who became his ... Read the complete review