The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)

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Two sisters competing for the greatest prize The love of a kingWhen 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. Best Read The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9) By Philippa Gregory For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Some people read uptight history nerds with nothing better to do like to get their undies in knots over Philippa Gregory s writing and whine about how she takes too many liberties with history Well, guess what She makes it interesting, and since her books are classified as fiction, I think she can be allowed that Also, I consider myself a history nerd, especially when it comes to the Tudors, and I think Gregory s books are great The stories surrounding Henry VIII are already really good Some people read uptight history nerds with nothing better to do like to get their undies in knots over Philippa Gregory s writing and whine about how she takes too many liberties with history Well, guess what She makes it interesting, and since her books are classified as fiction, I think she can be allowed that Also, I consider myself a history nerd, especially when it comes to the Tudors, and I think Gregory s books are great The stories surrounding Henry VIII are already really good all Philippa Gregory did was add dialogue and sex scenes that your history teachers pretended never happened I was also very grateful that she didn t attempt to garner sympathy for Anne Boleyn I ve read a couple novels about her where the author attempts to portray her as an innocent victim and it s just sad The woman was a manipulative, conniving, intelligent, confident bitch, and The Other Boleyn Girl makes this very clear.Other books in Philippa Gregory s Tudor series that I read ...Disclaimer Don t confuse this book with a biography of Mary Boleyn It s fiction all the way It s a good read when you remember that this is fiction and not a blow by blow account of historical events And because it is fiction, Gregory is able to play a little fast and loose with historical fact Mary was most likely the oldest Boleyn child, not the youngest as presented here She had also served the French kings court, just as Anne did, but was sent home in disgrace after tales of her promis Disclaimer Don t confuse this book with a biography of Mary Boleyn It s fiction all the way It s a good read when you remember that this is fiction and not a blow by blow account of historical events And because it is fiction, Gregory is able to play a little fast and loose with historical fact Mary was most likely the oldest Boleyn child, not the youngest as presented here She had...I picked this one up at work because I want to see the movie hello, Scarlett Johansen and Natalie Portman Yes please , and because I know I ll have thousands of people asking me about it, like with Atonement, which I never read In short, this book sucks It s the worst kind of historical fiction light on the history, and not fun or well written to make up for it The characters are one dimensional, the writing is trite and full of cliches Complete trash, but I m not putting it on my enjoya I picked this one up at work because I want to see the movie hello, Scarlett Johansen and Natalie Portman Yes please , and because I know I ll have thousands of people asking me about it, like with Atonement, which I never read In short, this book sucks It s the worst kind of historical fiction light on the history, and not fun or well written to make up for it The characters are one dimensional, the writing is trite and full of cliches Complete trash, but I m not putting it on my enjoyable trash shelf, because it s...This was one of the first books I read by Philippa Gregory and out of order How could I do that to myself but in the end, you can read them out of order assuming you know the entire list of monarchs in order Informat...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 e The thing you must realize about this book is that it is, first and foremost, a novel A novel based o...I love anything that has to do with English History and really am kinda fascinated by Henry VIII After reading so many good things on here and elsewhere about this book I was looking forward to it At about 100 pages into it I thought I really was enjoying it Too bad the book didn t end at page 200 Because I hated this book with a passion I don t even know where to start with it First you have the writing style which is written by Mary Boylen s POV Which is fine But every character in thi I love anything that has to do with English History and really am kinda fascinated by Henry VIII After reading so many good things on here and elsewhere about this book I was looking forward to it At about 100 pages into it I thought I really was enjoying it Too bad the book didn t end ...You ve probably never heard of The Other Boleyn Girl It s not very popular I think a movie got made out of it, but I doubt anyone watched it.Those are the kind of lies, mistruths and distortions that one person can perpetuate when they don t check their facts or worse, intentionally distort the facts Buton that later The Other Boleyn Girl is the story of Mary Boleyn, the could ve been queen courtier during King Henry VIII s tumultuous reign Little is known about Mary, other than that s You ve probably never heard of The Other Boleyn Girl It s not very popular I think a movie got made out of it, but I doubt anyone wat... The Other Boleyn Girl was my last read of 2017 and also the biggest surprise This book has been sitting on my shelf for yearsso long that the spine is actually completely faded from sun damage For whatever reason I just assumed this would be a three star read, which is something I like to avoid at all costs I watched the movie on a plane ten years ago and even though I liked it I thought, well, there s no way the book is actually any good Obviously I m an idiot because it turned out to be The Other Boleyn Girl was my last read of 2017 and also the biggest surprise This book has been sitting on my shelf for yearsso long that the spine is actually completely faded from sun damage For whatever reason I just assumed this would be a three star read, which is something I like to avoid at all costs I watched the movie on a plane ten years ago and even though I liked it I thought, well, there s no way the book is actually any good Obviously I m an idiot because it turned out to be one of four out of fifty count em, four of my 5 star reads this year.I loved this from beginning to end This baby is 661 pages, okay, and I actually read the majority of it in one day My reading progress will tell you differently but that s only because I abandoned it after the first few chapters to read A Court of Mist and Fury. I didn t really return to it until after Chri...I got through 25 pages of this book and had enough I wrote down literally I had a pen and paper with me after the reading the first page or two so many historical inaccuracies that I thought my head would explode Then I checked out reviews onand realized the book would get much, much worse As strictly a novel, this might be a great book, and I do hope to pick it up again with the mind set that it is strictly fiction because I might be able to enjoy it then But as a book dealing w I got through 25 pages of this book and had enough I wrote down literally I had a pen and paper with me after the reading the first page or two so many historical inaccuracies that I thought my head would explode Then I checked out reviews onand realized the book would get much, much worse As strictly a novel, this might be a great book, and I do hope to pick it up again with the mind set that it is strictly fiction because I might be able to enjoy it then But as a book dealing with Mary and Anne and George Boleyn, it is awful Why did Philippa Gregory feel the need to use historical figures if she was just go...Interesting account of the time how people, especially women, were treated.even the Queen s themselves.by their politically ambitious parents and family No one to be trusted by numerous devious characters Excellent book

The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
  • English
  • 02 October 2017
  • Paperback
  • 661 pages
  • 0743227441
  • Philippa Gregory
  • The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)