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The Raven's Widow: A Novel of Jane Boleyn
by Adrienne Dillard
Once again Adrienne Dillard delivered an exceptional novel with significant historical insight. Her talent lies in unveiling an historical perspective that has been left unexplored. Jane has been vilified throughout the years and it has been piled on, layer upon layer, and Dillard was daring in her approach to Jane Boleyn, whose character has been previously cemented in a negative fashion in the past. Her research is impeccable and she captured the dark Tudor court intrigue with all of the traps and hypocrisy that shaped the history of Tudor England. History comes alive on the page. She created a sympathetic portayal of Jane Boleyn, how difficult it must have been to be childless when the very center of the world was focused on the inability of Henry VIII to gain a legitimate male heir. Cromwell's interogation of Jane is brilliantly written, it is an inspiration. I look for to reading her next novel. Huzzah for The Raven's Widow!