The Boleyn Inheritance

Posted on 14 August 2018 by Philippa Gregory

Three Women Who Share One Fate The Boleyn InheritanceAnne of Cleves She runs from her tiny country, her hateful mother, and her abusive brother to a throne whose last three occupants are dead King Henry VIII, her new husband, instantly dislikes her Without friends, family, or even an understanding of the language being spoken around her, she must literally save her neck in a court ruled by a deadly game of politics and the terror of an unpredictable and vengeful king Her Boleyn Inheritance accusations and false witnesses.Katherine HowardShe catches the king s eye within moments of arriving at court, setting in motion the dreadful machine of politics, intrigue, and treason that she does not understand She only knows that she is beautiful, that men desire her, that she is young and in love but not with the diseased old man who made her queen, beds her night after night, and killed her cousin Anne Her Boleyn Inheritance the threat of the axe.Jane RochfordShe is the Boleyn girl whose testimony sent her husband and sister in law to their deaths She is the trusted friend of two threatened queens, the perfectly loyal spy for her uncle, the Duke of Norfolk, and a canny survivor in the murderous court of a most dangerous king 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 a court ruled by the gallows and three women whose positions brought them wealth, admiration, and power as well as deceit, betrayal, and terror Once again, Philippa Gregory has brought a vanished world to life the whisper of a silk skirt on a stone stair, the yellow glow of candlelight illuminating a hastily written note, the murmurs of the crowd gathering on Tower Green below the newly built scaffold In The Boleyn Inheritance Gregory is at her intelligent and page turning best. Free Download [ The Boleyn Inheritance ] Author [ Philippa Gregory ] – kino-fada.fr The story of Henry the VIII s less well known wives, Katherine Howard and Anne of Cleves, as told by themselves and Jane Boleyn, sister in law of the doomed Queen Anne What Gregory does well is utilize the known history to augment her fiction Her characters might well share the motives of the Tudors Co, and if they don t, well, they re still highly plausible and enjoyably readable Not a subtle book by any means the phrase the Boleyn Inheritance is used no less than 2 million times but The story of Henry the VIII s less well known wives, Katherine Howard and Anne of Cleves, as told by themselves and Jane Boleyn, sister in law of the doomed Queen Anne What Gregory does well is utilize the known history to augment her fiction Her characters might well share the motives of the Tudors Co, and if they don t, well, they re still highly plausible and enjoyably readable Not a subtle book by any means the phrase...You have to hand it to Philippa Gregory she creates a lot of suspense out of a story everyone knows the ending to Normally I don t much go in for historical fiction, but this was available at the library on cd and I had a road trip coming up, so, in the words of Katherine Howard, Voil I was entertained, though not enthralled The novel spans Henry VIII s marriages to Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard, and is narrated by three women Anne, Katherine, and Lady Rochford Jane Boleyn, siste You have to hand it to Philippa Gregory she creates a lot of suspense out of a story everyone knows the ending to Normally I don t much go in for historical fiction, but this was available at the library on cd and I had a road trip coming up, so, in the words of Katherine Howard, Voil I was entertained, though not enthralled The novel spans Henry VIII s marriages to Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard, and is narrated by three women Anne, Katherine, and Lady Rochford Jane Boleyn, sister in law of beheaded Anne Boleyn Anne of Cleves is both intelligent and honorable, and I felt for her as she slowly realizes that she d exchanged the humiliations of her brother s court for the life threa...I read The Other Boleyn Girl first and that book should bow down to this one The books hardly compare This one is by far the better book Although I greatly enjoyed both, for me this one was told in such a unique way and by women I didn t know much about that it grabbed me from the beginning It tells the story from three different perspectives One unexpected and extremley interesting the wife of Anne Boleyn s brother, now a widow Lady Rochford Jane Boleyn is now a bitter older women wanti I read The Other Boleyn Girl first and that book should bow down to this one The books hardly compare This one is by far the better book Although I greatly enjoyed both, for me this one was told in such a unique way and by women I didn t know much about that it grabbed me from the beginning It tells the story from three different perspectives One unexpected and extremley interesting the wife of Anne Boleyn s brother, now a widow La...I m a sucker for Tudor historicals It never gets old reading about the six queens of Henry VIII, and it gives me a serious appreciation for my daily life after reading about the dangers of living in the past Having a tendency to stick my foot in my mouth results in social ostracism these days for me, in the past, I could have been beheaded, raped, drawn, tortured, disemboweled, boiled alive.And if I m lucky, it would have been done in that order.While it s no torture reading this book, I did f I m a sucker for Tudor historicals It never gets old reading about the six queens of Henry VIII, and it gives me a serious appreciation for my daily life after reading about the dangers of living in the past Having a tendency to stick my foot in my mouth results in social ostracism these days for me, in the past, I could have b...This installment in the Tudor series was Philippa Gregory at her best, giving life to some of the least known or understood characters of the Tudor era Two queens, one perpetual lady in waiting and the ever cunning Duke of Norfolk make this story gripping and frightening.First, there is Anne of Cleves, a twenty four year old queen, who reigns some six months, but is savvy enough to survive being disposed of by Henry VIII, a feat that few of his wives could boast Anyone familiar with her story This installment in the Tudor series was Philippa Gregory at her best, giving life to some of the least known or understood characters of the Tudor era Two queens, one perpetual lady in waiting and the ever cunning Duke of Norfolk make this story gripping and frightening.First, there is Anne of Cleves, a twenty four year old queen, who reigns some six months, but is savvy enough to survive being disposed of by Henry VIII, a feat that few of his wives could boast Anyone familiar with her story must have wondered why she elected to stay in England after Henry set her aside for Katherine Howard and how she managed to become regarded as his sister after she had been his wife We are mostly told by historians that he found her ugly, but Gregory s ...Oh, bad historical fiction, how I love thee I must confess that I had a hard time putting this down, much like its prequel The Other Boleyn Girl To be fair, the historical research is impressive, with the author using the most up to date resources and theories available about the reign of Henry VIII, but stillthe sex scenes The maidens The lack of discussion of politics and historical context Never mind, it was a great read and I m sure I ll reread both books in a couple of years Ha Oh, bad historical fiction, how I love thee I must confess that I had a hard time putting this down, much like its prequel The Other Boleyn Girl To be fair, the historical research is impressive, with the author using the most up to date resources and theories available about the reign of Henry VIII, but stillthe sex scenes The maidens The lack of discussion of politics and historical context Never mind, it was a great read and I m sure I ll reread both books in a couple of years Hah I was already on the author s website yesterday to see if she is writing anything about Henry VIII s last wife, Catherine Parr In short, this novel tells the stories of wives 4 and 5, Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard Read it after The Other Boleyn Girl, otherwise the third main character and narrator, Jane Boleyn Anne s sister in law will not make as much sense Henry VIII is presented as a uniformly disgusting monster in this volume, as opposed to The Other Bol...Hmmdo I recommend The Boleyn Inheritance NO.Here s why 1 It makes me acutely aware that if I enjoyed this series of Phillipa Gregory books in my youth, that when I get crumbly read old , I ll probably end up enjoying Harlequin Romance novels.2 In The Boleyn Inheritance, as with The Other Boleyn Girl, Ms Gregory writes with such myopic vision that I wanted to scream from the claustrophobic feeling She writes around in circles, covering the same topic repeatedly with only slight variation Hmmdo I recommend The Boleyn Inheritance NO.Here s why 1 It makes me acutely aware that if I enjoyed this series of Phillipa Gregory books in my youth, that when I get crumbly read old , I ll probably end up enjoying Harlequin Romance novels.2 In The Boleyn Inheritance, as with The Other Boleyn Girl, Ms Gregory writes with such myopic vision that I wanted to scream from the claustrophobic feeling She writes around in circles, covering the same topic repeatedly with only slight variation Granted, that is perhaps the entire feel of living at court in King Henry VIII s time, and so she s reconstruc...I must confess, I was putting off reading this for ages and ages because having three main characters each with different viewpoints felt extremely intimidating and sounded very confusing Ha I needn t have worried Each of these ladies lives is so intertwined with each other that it makes for a REALLY easy read Add the fact that the audiobook is abridged elsewise I would NOT have finished this in a day, still trying to wrap my head around that one anyway , and this is an absolute breeze of I must confess, I was putting off reading this for ages and ages because having three main characters each with different viewpoints felt extremely intimidating and sounded very confusing Ha I needn t have worried Each of these ladies lives is so intertwined with each other that it makes for a REALLY easy read Add the fact that the audiobook is abridged elsewise I would NOT have finis...I picked this up immediately after reading The Other Boleyn Girl, unable to slake my thirst forof Henry VIII and his court I was skeptical, as all should be when embarking on a sequel of any sort, but was pleasantly surprised Divided between three narrators, the evil and half mad Jane Boleyn, the ill fated Katherine Howard, and the strong survivor, Anne of Cleves, the reader gets a new perspective on the fourth and fifth wives of Henry VIII Indeed, though I always knew that Anne of Cle I picked this up immediately after reading The Other Boleyn Girl, unabl...Anne of Cleves is one gutsy lady wedded to Henry VIII who is overweight, foul breathed and has a putrid leg, she barely speaks English, about to lose her crown to the slutty and silly little Katherine Howard, trapped in England and deserted by her family does she cave in No, not Anne Anne Boleyn has been a shameful secret in our family for so long, it hardly matters whether she was innocent or not It is not as if I have to follow in her footsteps, it is not as if there is a Boleyn inhe Anne of Cleves is one gutsy lady wedded to Henry VIII who is overweight, foul breathed and has a putrid leg, she barely speaks English, about to lose her crown to the slutty and silly little Katherine Howard, trapped in England and deserted by her family does she cave in No, not Anne Anne Boleyn has been a shameful secret in our family for so long, it hardly matters whether she was innocent or not It is not as if I have to follow in her footsteps, it is no...

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14 August 2018

Philippa Gregory