The Boleyn Inheritance, Philippa Gregory
The Boleyn Inheritance, Philippa Gregory
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The Boleyn Inheritance

Author: Philippa Gregory

Narrator: Georgia Maguire, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Cathleen McCarron

Unabridged: 17 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/26/2019


Synopsis

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.

About Philippa Gregory

English born author, Philippa Gregory, received her degree in History from the University of Sussex, followed by a PhD in 18th century literature from the University of Edinburgh. Along the journey of her education, she discovered that she had an uncommon interest in the Tudor period. Using her history background, she first wrote The Other Boleyn Girl, which to her credit, was made into a TV drama, and followed by a major film.

Gregory has put much of her effort and personal money into a 20 year old charity that she founded. It is Gardens for The Gambria, that teaches school children to plant market gardens which are irrigated by the almost 200 wells that the author has funded. She is also a patron of The UK Chagos Support Association, a displaced people in the Indian Ocean.

Gregory was selected as the 2008 Edinburgh University Alumna of the Year. She lives with her family on a small farm in Yorkshire.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on February 26, 2009

You have to hand it to Philippa Gregory — she creates a lot of suspense out of a story everyone knows the ending to. Normally I don’t much go in for historical fiction, but this was available at the library on cd and I had a road trip coming up, so, in the words of Katherine Howard, “Voilà!” I was e......more

Goodreads review by Katerina on April 24, 2020

I truly believe Henry VIII's court should have a warning sign.......more

Goodreads review by James on February 05, 2023

The Boleyn Inheritance is a novel in the Tudor and Plantagenet historical fiction series written by Philippa Gregory. The collection covers all the royal family members from the 14th and 15th centuries, mostly focusing on the key women who shaped the monarch when so much family friction led to war.......more

Goodreads review by Tessa on November 22, 2023

Prolifica scriitoare britanica pasionata de istorie abordeaza si in aceasta carte epoca dinastiei Tudor. Este analizata domnia lui Henry al VIII-lea din perspectiva a 3 femei: Regina Anne de Cleves - ducesa de Cleves, Katherine Howard - domnisoara ei de companie si Jane Boleyn - lady Rochford, care......more

Goodreads review by Constantine on February 20, 2021

Rating: Excellent Genre: Historical Fiction The Boleyn Inheritance is the tenth book in The Plantagenet and Tudor novels. It tells the story of two of King Henry VIII’s wives, Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard. In addition to the two queens, there is also Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford who was the siste......more