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The Other Boleyn Girl (Boleyn)
 

The Other Boleyn Girl

by Philippa Gregory

Two sisters competing for the greatest prize: the love of a king
When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled by the king, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realizes just how much she is a pawn in her family's ambitious plots as the king's interest begins... (read more)

Top tags: historical fiction,  fiction,  england,  romance,  henry viii (all tags)

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Liked It

3 of 3 members found this review helpful.
ksalyer
  • Rated 5 stars

“It has been two years since I read this book, and I can still remember how captivated I was by it, how I couldn't wait to get time to read it; capturing any time at lunch at work, or on the train ride home. This is Phillipa Gregory at her best. It is so well written and the characters so well developed, you are in the story--deeply. I have recommended this book to so many, and given it as a gift to a varied group of readers, and I have yet to have anyone tell me anything but that they LOVED...”

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Didn’t Like It

4 of 4 members found this review helpful.
Tiffany G
  • Rated 2 stars

“Historically interesting, but too sexually graphic.”

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Community:
  • Rated 4.227575 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.611111 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • ms_odon

    ms_odon said:

    “I loved this book! I read it in 4 days and was sad when I finished it; I felt like I was leaving a good friend. Gregory's writing really amazed me. She somehow manages to captivate the reader even though you already know how it will end. That's good stuff. I am a bit of a history nerd, so seeing the interplay of social, religious, and sexual politics in narrative form was golden. I will be back at the library to get more of her books and I definitely will be purchasing this one for my personal library. For those who thought it was too sexually explicit, I thought just the opposite. I felt Gregory did a good job of highlighting the sexual dynamics of the court without being too explicit about the sexual acts themselves. (and when she did go into detail she did it tastefully, I thought, as not to give the reader sensory overload)”

    posted 3 weeks ago
  • laurief2772

    laurief2772 said:

    “I just finished it in one week. I thought that was fast. But how did badmojo manage to do it in a day. That must have been one long day! Amazing piece of work. I was captivated by every detail and googled Henry the 8th and Anne many times. If you ever think or society is screwed up now...just read this. ”

    posted 3 weeks ago
  • Stacie von Bookfiend

    stacie von bookfiend said:

    “Lori, although she's written other stuff about the Tudors, her books can all stand alone and don't have to be read in order. She does have some kind of series, but it's not related to this book and I haven't read any of it. I have found all her other books to be enjoyable, however. I intend to give the series a try someday. I think the series is completely fictional as far as characters and everything.”

    posted Wednesday, August 27 2008
  • Lori

    lori said:

    “I had heard this book was one of a trilogy? Does anyone know the other two that would be tied with it- and is there a particular order I should read them in?”

    posted Monday, August 25 2008 ( | view 4 replies )
  • She

    she said:

    “I think this is a well-written fictional version of what court life was like during the reign Henry the VIII (was it?) and what a fiend he was. I was captively fascinated while I was reading it, yet felt at times, I wanted it to move a bit faster when weighed down in too much detail. I finally finished, and thought I'd read another Gregory novel, and a little more time went by. I thought: it's actually kind of soap-operish, and have not visited Gregort since.”

    posted Thursday, July 3 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
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