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The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
There is something deeply comforting about an epic novel you can immerse yourself into such as this. This window into Henry VIII's court has been meticulously studied and rings very true. The Boleyn girls are particularly well drawn. This is history dramatized respectably, with its subjects given depth, life and credible motivations. It may not be the finest work of literature ever written, and the novel is somewhat dry at times, but its a perfectly enjoyable world to get lost in without too much intellectual challenge. Gregory's writing may lack poetry, but she certainly knows what she's taking about. Not bad.