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THE BOLEYN INHERITANCE

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BitTiredNow · 03/01/2008 19:06

By Philippa Gregory - just finished it - in 2 days - not bad considering I am on my own with 3 under 4 - has anyone else read it? I was GRIPPED

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edam · 03/01/2008 20:13

Agree, Littlebellas. I feel it's somehow really below the belt to demonise Anne Boyleyn - it's what Henry did in order to get rid of her.

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BitTiredNow · 03/01/2008 20:01

Another one I read (not by her) was 'The last wife' - is it 'Susannah Dunn'? Which I loved too. My favourite character in the Philippa Gregory one I have just finished was Katherine Howard - I thought that was very well written.

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Wisteria · 03/01/2008 19:17

I think Philippa Gregory is quite honest about it being fictional and it is clear that a great deal of artistic license is present but it is still a great read and there are a lot of factual parts to it, taken from letters and documents around at the time.

The other Boleyn Girl tells the story of Anne's elder sister Mary who was having a fling with Henry before Anne, it was definitely my favourite book of the ones I have read so far (although The Constant Princess was a close second).

bohemianbint · 03/01/2008 19:17

Sorry - I x-posted, lots of feedback about "Other Boleyn"!

PersephoneSnowballSnape · 03/01/2008 19:16

i do like Philippa Gregory, I've read all of the tudor ones ( am slightly obsessive about tudor history..) started reading some of her others as well - wideacre was filthy! and therefore very enjoyable. ;) just finished 'fallen skies', liked that a lot - am keeping an eye out on ebay/charity shops for some of hers that i haven't read.

they're making the other Boleyn girl into a bodice-ripper movie aren't they? think i saw a poster for it an the local odeon...

bohemianbint · 03/01/2008 19:11

right, that's on my wish list. Whats "The Other Boleyn Girl" like?

LittleBellasRingingInTheNew · 03/01/2008 19:11

I'm half way through a biography of Anne Boleyn and she was so much more interesting than the anti-her fiction. I had to read The other Boleyn girl for my book group and I was horrified by waht crap it was. I know you're supposed to suspend disbelief and not mind all the hystorical inaccuracies, but I just couldn't bear the sheer unbridled evil of the Anne and George characters - it was too unrealistic.

Wisteria · 03/01/2008 19:09

I read it over Christmas - have you read the others in the set - The Other Boleyn Girl and The Constant Princess etc? They are all fab, as is Wideacre, although I was disappointed with the follow ups to the latter.

Islamum · 03/01/2008 19:09

loved it the other boleyn girl was really good too.

edam · 03/01/2008 19:09

Enjoyed it but dislike PG's anti-Anne Boleyn stance (which I remembered from the previous book and is referenced in this one).

Am vaguely reading the Catherine Parr one which I was given for Christmas.

Onlyaphase · 03/01/2008 19:08

Yes, have read all of hers. Loved this one though - it really made you think about what it must have been like for the wife and next wife to be, silly little thing that she was.

bohemianbint · 03/01/2008 19:07

Ooooh, sounds interesting. I'm going to look it up.