The Other Boleyn Girl (PGO Books)
Registered by PGO-Books4all of Salt Lake City, Utah USA on 3/6/2014
This book is in a Controlled Release!
This book is in a Controlled Release!
5 journalers for this copy...
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Margaret listened to this book and really enjoyed it.
Reserved for willrejoice's VBB.
Happy travels! Hope you enjoy!
This arrived today. Thank you so much for sharing with me.
The Other Boleyn Girl is a book about the world inside Hampton Court and the politics that shaped the time. I didn’t realize that this was book 2. I would have read book one first. Gregory makes these characters come alive. Gregory makes the reader understand how difficult it was to live as a woman in the early 1500s. Mary was especially well crafted. At 13 years old she went from her forced marriage to being thrown into the King's arms as his mistress. The inner struggles she fought between being true to herself and her heart were poignant.
Anne Boleyn, the most famous and tragically terminated sister, is portrayed in such a poisonous way. She would stop at nothing to get what she wanted. In the end it killed her. But her character, as portrayed by Ms. Gregory, was compelling and convincingly ugly, despite her beauty.
King Henry VIII also jumped off the pages. He came off as a spoiled brat, even as he grew older, who always got what he wanted. He and Anne were well matched for each other.
Ms. Gregory chose will as having Mary as the narrator of this book. It helped the scheming nature of Anne to come alive. The relationship amongst the Boleyn siblings was interesting and probably true for the era. .
This book is a page turner.. I learned a great deal about the monarchy of Henry VII as well as life in the court during that time period. At the same time, I found myself entertained and saddened as I was reminded of the sad plight of women in those days.
Anne Boleyn, the most famous and tragically terminated sister, is portrayed in such a poisonous way. She would stop at nothing to get what she wanted. In the end it killed her. But her character, as portrayed by Ms. Gregory, was compelling and convincingly ugly, despite her beauty.
King Henry VIII also jumped off the pages. He came off as a spoiled brat, even as he grew older, who always got what he wanted. He and Anne were well matched for each other.
Ms. Gregory chose will as having Mary as the narrator of this book. It helped the scheming nature of Anne to come alive. The relationship amongst the Boleyn siblings was interesting and probably true for the era. .
This book is a page turner.. I learned a great deal about the monarchy of Henry VII as well as life in the court during that time period. At the same time, I found myself entertained and saddened as I was reminded of the sad plight of women in those days.
Reserved for Iwillrejoice's audio VBB
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Jealousy, schemes, duty, romance, history... I really enjoyed this book and am now looking forward to watching the movie on Netflix.
I loaned this copy to the Elgin Public Library because the book club is reading it this month and I thought someone might prefer to read with their ears instead of eyes.
