blackelve's Full Review: Philippa Gregory - The Other Boleyn Girl
The Other Boylen Girl
Author: Philippa Gregory
ISBN: 978-4165-5653-4
Format: paperback
Pages: 735
Authors Notes and Index included at end of book
Basic Summary:
Tudor age in regards of King Henry 8 and the beginning of his many marriages, basically the historical Anne Boylen and her sister.
Historical accounts: How the Boylen family pushed their way into the Kings high accounts by pushing the daughters into his bed and overcoming Queen Katherine into a historical divorce with King Henry 8.
Fictional accounts: The highs and lows of the Boylen sisters. Their love lifes in and out of court. The "deaths" of the children of Anne Boylen. The unfounded truth behind George Boylen and the adultry that may or may not have happened betwixt Anne and George in trying to get a male heir to the throne.
My take on the book.
Highly entertaining. I loved the characters throughout, from the lowest stable boy to the queens. The author described the era wonderfully. She never held back from the filth of that era (combing for lice, absences of bathes and the stinch that surrounding the castles) The author didn't make everything peachy keen and beautiful, she told it all in the eyes of the Boylen sisters, mainly Mary Boylen who had in reality given birth to two children to King Henry 8. I highly appreciate the great details she went into in regards of how childbirth was done during this era.
Even if you, the reader, isn't into historical books, I would give this one a try. It is very entertaining and even if you don't know much about this era, you will find yourself at the computer looking up some of the details throughout the book. (I even looked up old potraits of the Boylen sisters)
Two sisters competing for the greatest prize the love of a king. A rich and compelling novel of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue, The Other Boleyn Gi...More at Barnes & Noble.com
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