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The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
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The Boleyn inheritance gives us a view of what happened after the other Boleyn girl. It was interesting to see how Lady Rochford felt after throwing her husband and sister in law to the wolves. Overall, this is a very well written book by Ms. Gregory. Definitely recommend it! ( )
  sms78 | Nov 2, 2009 |
This is a very, very good representation of Gregory's work. Right on par with The Other Boleyn Girl, which is my favorite in the Tudor series. ( )
  ascgrrl | Oct 21, 2009 |
1500's Period Piece. Very well done but liked the Other Boleyn Girl Better ( )
  lenoreaz | Oct 2, 2009 |
I really enjoyed this book! The writing style took a little getting used to since there isn't much dialogue, but I learned to like it after a couple chapters. ( )
  LadyofWinterfell | Sep 21, 2009 |
Absolutely loved it! ( )
  mjai | Sep 11, 2009 |
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It is hot today, the wind blows over the flat fields and marshes with the stink of the plague.
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Original publication date2006
SeriesThe Tudor Series - chronological (3)
People/CharactersKatherine Howard, Jane Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII, King of England, Thomas Culpepper, Francis Dereham (show all 7)
Important placesEngland, UK
Awards and honorsNew York Times bestseller (Fiction, 2006)
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0743272501, Hardcover)

THREE WOMEN WHO SHARE ONE FATE: THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE

ANNE 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 HOWARD

She 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 ROCHFORD

She 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.

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