The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory Reviews

Philippa Gregory does not disappoint with another installment in her Tudor history series.In this novel se examines the period 1539 to 1542 and the events that follow the death of Jane Seymour. Through the eyes of Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Jane Boleyn we see the result of the disatrous union with Anne of Cleves, Katherine ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

Truth is, I'm a sucker for anything to do with history. Especially if it's about past Kings and Queens of Britain or the Romans! Hence the reason why I'm such a keen viewer of programmes such as The Tudors and Rome. Yes I know that neither are completely correct with the truth, but there are some things which you can get away ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

Anyone who loved The Other Boleyn Girl will also enjoy this sequel novel in Gregory's series of Tudor based books. Interesting alternative angle on the Boleyn family and how the actions and consequences of Anne had an impact on the rest of the family and their future lives. This novel follows Jane Boleyn who was married to Anne's ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

This is the story of three women in the court of Henry VIII. Firstly Jane Boleyn, sister-in-law of Anne, wife of George, who sentenced them both to death by her lies. She has returned to court at the behest of her Uncle the Duke of Norfolk, as Henry prepares to marry for the fourth time. At first you struggle to be sympathetic to her, but as the ...  Read the complete review

This is the very first Philippa Gregory that I read and I've since then read all of the books in her Tudor series and am eagerly anticipating the new one. The story is told alternatively by three women. 1. Jane Boleyn, wife of George Boleyn and sister-in-law of Anne Boleyn 2. Anne of Cleves, 4th wife of Henry ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

*** 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 ...  Read the complete review

To me the indicator of good historical fiction is whether or not I feel the need/urge to research the characters for myself to find out how much is true. Historical fiction will never be without its inacccuracies or dramatic license as it is just what it says it is -fiction! This means that there is a need to fill in the gaps in knowledge to ...  Read the complete review

I have always been a huge fan of any sort of historical fiction and have read all of philippa gregory's tudor series, so when this book came out, i went straight to the bookshop and bought it. For the rest of the day i was locked in my room reading it... my family thought i had gone out ... it was so quiet upstairs! I finished the book in around 5 ...  Read the complete review