But with 15 books in the series covering everything from The War of the Roses to the Elizabethan Era, it can be hard to know where to start. If you’re just diving into a Philippa Gregory series, or you’re already a fan and not sure which one to pick up next, the best place might be the Plantagenets and Tudor series. The Boleyn Inheritance is a novel drawn tight as a lute string about three women whose positions brought them wealth, admirations, and power, as well as deceit, betrayal, and terror. Philippa Gregory book I’d ever read, and my immediate reaction was to be inĬomplete awe of how spectacularly she builds the world in the story so you getĪ true sense of the time and the characters.įor someone like me who loves historical fiction, her books are a gold mine-and lucky for everyone, she’s written upwards of 30 other novels to dig into. Is the first installment in the new The Fairmile series.
Which the story is focused, and her writing is so riveting: the stories are full Get a true look at what women had to go through during each period of time in Each novel is so thoroughly researched that you On royal women in the English court across centuries, and the passions and (Dec.Queenly historical fiction, and we all love her for it. Rich in intrigue and irony, this is a tale where readers will already know who was divorced, beheaded or survived, but will savor Gregory's sharp staging of how and why. Gregory's accounts of events are accurate enough to be persuasive, her characterizations modern enough to be convincing. Philippa Gregory is the author of many New York Times bestselling novels, including The Other Boleyn Girl, and is a recognized authority on womens history. Male characters are not nearly as endearing. While Gregory renders Lady Rochford with great emotion, and Anne of Cleves with sympathy, her most captivating portrayal is Katherine, the clever yet naïve 16th-century adolescent counting her gowns and trinkets. Gregory beautifully explains Anne of Cleves's decision to stay in England after her divorce, and offers contemporary descriptions of Lady Rochford's madness. Attended by Lady Rochford, 24-year-old Anne of Cleves endures a disastrous first encounter with the twice-her-age king-an occasion where Henry takes notice of Katherine Howard. The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor 10) by Philippa Gregory - Large Softcover in the Historical Fiction category was listed for R45.00 on 31.
Among the cast, who alternately narrate: Henry's fourth wife, Bavarian-born Anne of Cleves his fifth wife, English teenager Katherine Howard and Lady Rochford (Jane Boleyn), the jealous spouse whose testimony helped send her husband, Thomas, and sister-in-law Anne Boleyn to their execution. , historical powerhouse Gregory again brings the women of Henry VIII's court vividly to life. Returning to the scene of The Other Boleyn Girl
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