A review by jemiscool
Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings by Alison Weir

2.0

Normally I don't like biographies, and I didn't like this one. Why read about nine pages on which Boleyn sister is older? Why read twenty pages on Henry VIII's other mistresses before Mary? We don't know anything about their affair except that they had one anyway. Anne is way more interesting than Mary and I'd rather spend time on her, especially since, according to this book anyway, Mary has no real personality. Alison Weir doesn't have many sources to draw on and she quotes ALL THE TIME from other papers on Mary - doesn't she have enough imagination herself? No. Well, I didn't like it. This book is not about Mary. It's about Alison Weir debunking myths. Not worth it.


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