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The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
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Anne of Cleves is one gutsy lady; wedded to Henry VIII who is overweight, foul-breathed and has a putrid leg, she barely speaks English, about to lose her crown to the 'slutty' and silly little Katherine Howard, trapped in England and deserted by her family - does she cave in? No, not Anne.
"Anne Boleyn has been a shameful secret in our family for so long, it hardly matters whether she was innocent or not... It is not as if I have to follow in her footsteps, it is not as if there is a Boleyn inheritance of the scaffold and I am her heir..." A moment of clarity by Katherine Howard. Does she learn to curb her actions/thoughts/deeds? She's fifteen, beautiful, she thinks life will go all her way...
Jane Boleyn is, by all accounts, an evil woman; she sent both her husband and her sister-in-law to the scaffold for her own twisted reasons.
Philippa Gregory, once again, weaves a story which is compelling and real. 4★.
Now added to my tbr list is Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions by the notable British History Professor G.W. Bernard
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Anne of Cleves is one gutsy lady; wedded to Henry VIII who is overweight, foul-breathed and has a putrid leg, she barely speaks English, about to lose her crown to the 'slutty' and silly little Katherine Howard, trapped in England and deserted by her family - does she cave in? No, not Anne.
"Anne Boleyn has been a shameful secret in our family for so long, it hardly matters whether she was innocent or not... It is not as if I have to follow in her footsteps, it is not as if there is a Boleyn inheritance of the scaffold and I am her heir..." A moment of clarity by Katherine Howard. Does she learn to curb her actions/thoughts/deeds? She's fifteen, beautiful, she thinks life will go all her way...
Jane Boleyn is, by all accounts, an evil woman; she sent both her husband and her sister-in-law to the scaffold for her own twisted reasons.
Philippa Gregory, once again, weaves a story which is compelling and real. 4★.
Now added to my tbr list is Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions by the notable British History Professor G.W. Bernard
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May 18, 2014
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May 18, 2014
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May 21, 2014
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"Anne of Cleves is one gutsy lady; wedded to Henry VIII who is overweight, foul-breathed and has a putrid leg, she barely speaks English, about to lose her crown to the 'slutty' and silly little Katherine Howard, trapped in England and deserted by her family - does she cave in? No, not Anne."
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May 24, 2014
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"Just read a few reviews who all comment on the amount of sex in this book. Well, I must have a different version because at over 1/2 thru, I haven't read much sex!!!"
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May 24, 2014
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""Anne Boleyn has been a shameful secret in our family for so long, it hardly matters whether she was innocent or not... It is not as if I have to follow in her footsteps, it is not as if there is a Boleyn inheritance of the scaffold and I am her heir" a moment of clarity by Katherine Howard. Does she learn to curb her actions/thoughts/deeds? She's fifteen, beautiful, she thinks life will go all her way..."
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May 25, 2014
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hist-fiction
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