Publisher Description
From “the queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) comes this New York Times bestseller featuring three very different women whose fates are each bound by a bloody curse: the legacy of the Boleyn family.
After the death of his third wife, Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII of England decides to take a new wife, but this time, not for love. The Boleyn Inheritance follows three women whose lives are forever changed because of the king’s decision, as they must balance precariously in an already shaky Tudor Court.
Anne of Cleves is to be married to Henry to form a political alliance, though the rocky relationship she has to the king does not bode well for her or for England.
Katherine Howard is the young, beautiful woman who captures Henry’s eye, even though he is set to marry Anne. Her spirit runs free and her passions run hot—though her affections may not be returned upon the King.
Jane Rochford was married to George Boleyn, and it was her testimony that sent her husband and infamous sister-in-law Anne to their deaths. Throughout the country, her name is known for malice, jealousy, and twisted lust.
The Boleyn Inheritance is a novel drawn tight as a lute string about three women whose positions brought them wealth, admirations, and power, as well as deceit, betrayal, and terror.
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"For historical fiction fanatics, this is a great novel to read. Ms. Gregory has an interesting narrative on the lesser known wives of Henry VIII. It's easy to sympathize and to hate some key players in the novel. It was a very interesting fictional account of what happened in the English court during that time, my only comment is that there were some chapters that were very repetitive. Characters were voicing out their thoughts using the very same words. I don't know if this is a lapse on the editor's part.Other than that though, still a good book."
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Cher (4 out of 5 stars)
About Philippa Gregory
Phillipa Gregory is an internationally bestselling author of historical novels whose success extends to the United States as well, where she is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. She earned her BA from the University of Sussex and a PhD in eighteenth-century literature from Edinburgh University, where she is a regent. Gregory is the author of the Wideacre trilogy, the Earthly Joys series, and the Plantagenet and Tudor novels, which include the enormously popular Other Boleyn Girl, of which there are over a million US copies in print. She is a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and was awarded the 2016 Harrogate Festival Award for Contribution to Historical Fiction.
About the Narrators
Dagmara Dominczyk was born in Poland and immigrated to New York City at
the age of seven. She has acted in numerous films, TV series, and plays. She is
married to the actor Patrick Wilson, with whom she has two sons. She lives in
New Jersey.
Ruthie
Henshall’s multiaward-winning career has seen her star in New York and London
in the most popular musicals of the past twenty-five years, including Cats, Miss Saigon, Crazy for You,
She Loves Me, Marguerite, Oliver!, A Chorus Line, Les Misérables, and Chicago. She also has had successful
roles in plays, in concert, and on television. She won an Olivier Award for
Best Actress in a Musical for her role in She
Loves Me at the Savoy Theatre, and she was voted London’s Theatregoers
Award for the most popular musical actress of the past twenty-one years. She is
the author of the book So You Want to Be
in Musicals.
Bianca Amato, winner of numerous Earphones Awards and the Audie Award for best narration, is an actress born and raised in South Africa. Trained at the University of Cape Town’s Drama school, she went on to work in theater and television in South Africa before moving to New York in 2002.