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

2.0

I received a paperback copy of this book through the First Reads program. Weir's "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" is one of my favorite books. I was excited to read "Mary Boleyn", hoping for the same engrossing history lesson. However, this book read more like a dissertation. The reality is there just is not enough information on Mary Boleyn and her life to make a full book. Weir spent most of the book discussing all the hearsay and rumors and then coming up with her rationale for refuting them or agreeing. It was dull and dry and I found I had to force myself to pay attention. I ended up skimming through 75% of the book, picking out the parts that were somewhat interesting. This would have been a great magazine article but just doesn't work in book form.