nikkimcgee 's review for:

The Concubine by Norah Lofts

5.0

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This is my second Norah Lofts book and I will be reading more, although there are a few historical inaccuracies, reflecting the age of the book, this is a well written alternative look at the life of Anne Boleyn. I liked the omniscient narrator approach, which enabled you to see the story from many viewpoints and yet you still felt as if the key characters were developed. Cromwell is a very dark figure, very different from the man portrayed by Hilary Mantel, the scene with Smeaton is particularly chilling. In many ways Lofts take on the story of Boleyn made more sense than the traditional Phillipa Gregory approach.