The Boleyn Inheritance
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Journal Entry 1 by mysteriousmummy from Shefford, Bedfordshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
From the bestselling author of ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’, Philippa Gregory, comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of Henry VIII and his final 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. Katherine 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 compelling novel yet.
I have loved all of the Philippa Gregory books I have read this was a particular favourite but it needs a new home after years of gathering dust in a draw.
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. Katherine 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 compelling novel yet.
I have loved all of the Philippa Gregory books I have read this was a particular favourite but it needs a new home after years of gathering dust in a draw.
Journal Entry 2 by mysteriousmummy at East Riddlesden Hall in Keighley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, May 1, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (5/1/2016 UTC) at East Riddlesden Hall in Keighley, West Yorkshire United Kingdom
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Journal Entry 3 by AnonymousFinder at Riddleston, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Picked book up on 1st May at East Riddleston Hall. I have yet to read it.