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

4.0

In a nutshell, everything you think you know about Mary Boleyn is wrong. I love Alison Weir for a lot of reasons, but one of the biggest reasons is that she is very clear about what can be known as fact, what is educated guesswork based on logic and historical context, and what is pure rumor and fantasy. It's true, much less is known about Mary than her famous/infamous sister Anne, but unfortunately a lot of what is *known* about Mary in popular culture comes from historical fiction novels, films and tv shows. She was not The *Great Whore* that popular imagination has cast her being. Alison Weir's books are meticulously researched and very easily penetrable. I have yet to have a bad reader experience with any of her works. If you are a Tudor-phile and would like a more honest book about Mary Boleyn, this would be an excellent place to start.