Mary Boleyn Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Raised more questions than it answered. I was left quite sure of the author's opinions, but far less confident in how she arrived at them. For example, I read almost an entire chapter about who was older: Mary or Anne. And I'm still not sure of the facts. I think this book would have been a Good Read indeed had it contained any information on Mary's personality, her thoughts and her feelings. This book was more into data and most of that remains unproven- still. "

" I felt like Weir did a good job of trying to construct the most accurate picture of Mary by going back to contemporary sources and starting there. The problem, as she freely admits, is that there is not a lot of actual material on Mary's life, and only two of her letters survive. Based on the lack of actual information, Weir did a good job looking at the society and conditions of the time and try and make some inferences to fill in the blanks and dispel widely-accepted inaccuracies where she could. However, sometimes the assumptions she made felt too tenuous and Weir's pro-Mary bias came through very clearly in the writing. An interesting read purely for the fact since not many historical works solely focusing on Mary exist, but not completely satisfying for the above listed reasons. "

" A very thorough look at Mary Boleyn, considering how very little is actually known of her. Educational? Yes. Page turner? No. Weir's bio of Elizabeth was far more interesting. "

" Kinda a sad history. Alison Weir presents a lot of facts, but thats just how it reads. A long list of facts and quotes strung along. Contrived sentences to use particularly useless quotes. The book would do better as an appendix to a book about Anne. Most of the information is about Anne anyway. "

" Not as good as most of Weir's books. Well written but the subject just wasn't as exciting as others. I was glad to see her write a book about Mary to quiet the rumors from books like The Other Boleyn Sister etc. An excellent historian. "

" I enjoyed this one, although Weir does spend a lot of time simply refuting what previous writers have said about Mary Boleyn. However, her research is careful, she doesn't make outlandish assumptions and her ideas are plausible and interesting. "

" Quite an interesting read, although I did get mixed up at times with who was who. "

" Very interesting Historical analysis of the real life of Mary Boleyn, as opposed to the modern myths that have come done. Puts the relationship with Henry VIII into a new light. I enjoyed this book, ut not as much as some of Alison Weir's other books. "

" Felt a little repetitive at times. Because there is so little information known about Mary Boleyn's life (especially her affair with Henry VIII), it was more of a historiography with a touch of history than a biography, which was a little disappointing. Otherwise, it was a good read. "

" My review of Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings in the Washington Independent Review of Books. "

" I normally like Weir's history books, but there's a big problem with this one. There simply isn't enough existing information for the author to work with. Weir ends up doing a lot of guessing and speculating, which isn't satisfying. "

" A good book but not enough information on Mary Boleyn. "

" A good read but with a lot of fantastic theories and thoughts thrown in (like "the Poison King"). As long as you keep that in mind while reading, it's a fantastic insight into "The Other Boleyn Girl". "

" I couldn't get into this book with all of it's maybes and possiblies. Some of it didn't seem plausible. I'm disappointed that I bought the book, should have borrowed from the library. "

" Weir does a lot with little primary source material, but it's not as good as her Elizabeth and Eleanor of Acquitaine works. "

" Read this if you really, really want to know how wrong Alison Weir believes Philippa Gregory to be. "

" Definitive bio of Mary Boleyn. Most things we understand about her were anti-Boleyn rumours. Scholarly "