Tuesday, October 03, 2006

The Boleyn Inheritance


I discovered today that one of my favourite authors is releasing a new book. Elizabeth introduced me to Philippa Gregory and she is fantastic. So far I have read her novels based on the women surrounding Henry VIII, his first wife Katherine, Mary Boleyn and her sister Anne, his first daughter Mary's reign and the next book about Elizabeth coming to be queen. I never paid much attention in history, but these books got me excited about this time in English history. I even know more then Andrew, which doesn't happen very often. Obviously the books are based on history but fictionalised. The new book is called The Boleyn Inheritance and it looks at a couple of his other wives and another Boleyn girl who served them.
Here is a brief about the book:
Philippa Gregory’s new novel is told in the voices of three women: Jane Boleyn - only survivor of the ambitious Boleyn family, and the two Queens she served and betrayed: Anne of Cleeves and Katherine Howard. Anne comes to England a hopeful candidate for the dangerous position of Queen of England but Henry’s instant revulsion nearly takes her to the scaffold for witchcraft as her lady in waiting, Jane Boleyn, bears false witness against her. Jane’s candidate for the throne is her cousin Katherine Howard, a child of fourteen who captures the King’s love but soon finds it is not enough to save her from his murderous spite. A novel drawn as tight as a lute string about a court ruled by the gallows, this is the full story of Henry’s forgotten Queens.
The website is http://www.philippagregory.com/ check it out.

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