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A review by ky_a
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
4.0
The book is in the perspective of the 4th and 5th wives of Henry, Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard and Jane Boleyn (the sister in law of Queen Anne Boleyn).
We'll start with Anne of Cleves, chosen to be Queen of England by a portrait of herself, sent from Germany to an unknown county and unaware of what she's got herself into by being Queen, and frightened of what will happen to her due to the not successful prior Queens and wives of Henry.
Then there's young Katherine Howard, a flirtatious girl who started out as one of Anne's ladies maid and ended up Queen of England, until her 'promiscuous' life got the better of her and her head saw the chopping block. (Really Henry another one).
And lastly the Lady Rochford, widowed wife of Thomas Boleyn, who has been witness to the ruthlessness of Henry before and is haunted by the past, who was given the task to guide both Queens, whilst she was their ladies maid.
I enjoyed reading in the difderent perspectives, and how each if them women saw not only themselves but Henry as well as an old man as opposed to the young vibrant king he was in the Other Boleyn girl.
All in all what's left to say is that tall, large, Henry the 8th, supreme head of the Church of England, really didn't need to ruin that many lives with his insane need for beheading.
We'll start with Anne of Cleves, chosen to be Queen of England by a portrait of herself, sent from Germany to an unknown county and unaware of what she's got herself into by being Queen, and frightened of what will happen to her due to the not successful prior Queens and wives of Henry.
Then there's young Katherine Howard, a flirtatious girl who started out as one of Anne's ladies maid and ended up Queen of England, until her 'promiscuous' life got the better of her and her head saw the chopping block. (Really Henry another one).
And lastly the Lady Rochford, widowed wife of Thomas Boleyn, who has been witness to the ruthlessness of Henry before and is haunted by the past, who was given the task to guide both Queens, whilst she was their ladies maid.
I enjoyed reading in the difderent perspectives, and how each if them women saw not only themselves but Henry as well as an old man as opposed to the young vibrant king he was in the Other Boleyn girl.
All in all what's left to say is that tall, large, Henry the 8th, supreme head of the Church of England, really didn't need to ruin that many lives with his insane need for beheading.