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The Other Boleyn Girl

By: Philippa Gregory
Narrated by: Vanessa Kirby
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Two sisters. One king. A court built on desire and betrayal.

When Mary Boleyn comes to court she is invisible, until she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Stepping into a world of privilege and danger, she becomes his mistress.

But when her ambitious sister Anne arrives, determined to win the king’s heart for herself, Mary risks losing everything.

One sister longs to escape. The other is determined to rise. Which Boleyn girl will survive the court of a tyrant?

‘Gregory has popularised Tudor history perhaps more than any other living fiction writer’ Sunday Times

‘Philippa Gregory is truly the mistress of the historical novel. It would be hard to make history more entertaining, lively or engaging’ Sunday Express

©2001 Philippa Gregory Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Romance Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Fiction Royalty Tudor Destiny Suspense Mystery
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Praise for Philppa Gregory:
‘Gregory's research is impeccable which makes her imaginative fiction all the more convincing’ Daily Mail
‘Gregory is great at conjuring a Tudor film-set of gorgeous gowns and golden-lattered dining. She invokes some swoonsome images…while the politics are personal enough to remain pertinent’ DailyTelegraph
‘Subtle and exciting’ Daily Express
‘Written from instinct, not out of calculation, and it shows’
Peter Ackroyd, The Times
‘For sheer pace and percussive drama it will take a lot of beating’ Sunday Times
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I love this book. Some fact some fiction. A healthy dose of make up your own mind. It did show how expendable girls are. Make them do your bidding reap your male rewards, throw the girl to the wolves. A big dose of unhealthy ambition at the cost of everyone else. But I got a real feel of how dangerous it was to live in Henry's court. The feel of menace and how you could never win. Because no one was going to speak out about the lies or they would be in trouble. Amazing what people can do and convince themselves is ok. Self preservation I spose. The narrator was brilliant. I have read the book but enjoyed being read to.
The title of my review is because when I ask Alexa to play book, she says "playing the other Berlin girl". Now I'm going to listen to what Alexa will call the Berlin inheritance!

The other Berlin girl

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It's a great listen. am sure the real Tudor court wasn't this scandal driven but maybe just slightly? honestly a great listen

I loved this book

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I really liked this book, it was better than I thought it would be and the narrator did a great job

Great book!

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Don't rely on this for historical accuracy beyond the broad facts, but it conveys an interesting picture of Henry VIII and his court and brings that and the courtiers to life and is very good of its kind: Philippa Gregory does this kind of history very well. As almost nothing is known about Mary Boleyn she has free rein for her imagination - and doesn't adhere to what few facts are known - Mary was not married at 12 for instance. But this is a novel and one told from a female perspective, which brings home how little power women had over their own lives. The reader is ok if you don't mind the absence of characterisation and is easy to listen to.

History as Chick Lit

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amazing book and even better when it is read to you.
I was pulled in to the story!

love it!

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