Another can't put down from Philippa Gregory!

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	• The Boleyn Inheritance Philippa Gregory Touchstone Books, 2007 - 544 pages average customer review:based on 148 reviews view larger image
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Another can't put down from Philippa Gregory!

While not as excellent as The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance is a darn great read! It has intrigue, romance, murder, lust, betrayal, suspense, humor, irony....I read this 500 page book in 5 days, it kept me reading late at night. (Not something I do often with a toddler who wears me out during the day!) There wasn't a boring page through the entire thing- the 3 main characters Queen Anne, Queen Katherine and Jane Boleyn are not to be forgotten. Each are intriguing in their own way and their stories pull you in. Even if you aren't very familiar with this period in time, like myself, you can still enjoy this book because the author does a good job at setting the background, filling in information and giving you tidbits of knowledge. The author's attention to detail is superb. Gregory does it again!!

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Not to the Same Standard

I feel as though this book was written as a sort of afterthought. All the other books in this "series" are based on a single woman, which offers increased involvement in the story. Meanwhile this book lacks the same plot development and time spent on the characters, as there are two wives who share the book along with at least two other major characters. This book could definitely be written more satisfyingly as two individual novels.

You definitely don't want to read these books out of chronological order; you just won't get the same richness out of them. Gregory's phenomenal skills with character development is lost without the background from each previous book.

For reference, the order to read these books is:
The Constant Princess
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Boleyn Inheritance
The Queen's Fool
The Virgin's Lover

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Historical Fiction

Nicely written follow-up to The Other Boleyn Girl. Interesting insight into the lives of relatively unknown women. The narrative style of all three women's stories added another dimension to their personalities. Very enjoyable and left me wanting more.

Love it!

I really enjoyed reading this book. Its got the essentials: romance, drama, murder and mystery. It kept me at the edge of my seat. I recommend to read this just after The Other Boleyn Girl (its like the second part of that book).

Another great read by Gregory

Although I didn't like this novel as much as I liked her Wideacre series and The Other Boleyn Girl it was still a great read. I really like how she split the book among three characters, but told the same sequence of events from their point of views. I didn't want to give it a five, however, because I felt that the book was a bit hurried and glossed over a lot of events and character development. The book could/should have been longer, but it was a great read nonetheless.

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Three women who share one fate: the Boleyn Inheritance

ANNE OF CLEVES: She runs from her tiny country, her hateful mother, and her abusive brother to a court ruled by the terror of a vengeful king who despises her. Her Boleyn Inheritance: accusations and false witness.

KATHERINE HOWARD: She is in love -- but not with the diseased old man who made her queen and beds her night after night. Her Boleyn Inheritance: the threat of the axe.

JANE ROCHFORD: She is the Boleyn girl whose testimony sent her husband and sister-in-law to their deaths. Throughout Europe, her name is a byword for malice, jealousy, and twisted lust. Her Boleyn Inheritance: a fortune and a title, in exchange for her soul.

The Boleyn Inheritance is a novel drawn tight as a lute string about three women whose positions brought them wealth, admiration, and power as well as deceit, betrayal, and terror. Once again, Philippa Gregory is at her intelligent, page-turning best.

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