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The Other Boleyn Girl is a novel about the Tudor court and the events that led to the break-up of the marriage between King Henry VIII and his first wife, Mary Boleyn. Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's sister, returns from the French court and is promoted as a replacement for Mary Boleyn. The king's advisors, including Cardinal Wolsey, Lord Cromwell, and the Duke of Norfolk and Suffolk, struggle between their desire for an heir and Anne's refusal to become Henry VIII's mistress. The novel is told with Philippa Gregory's characteristic perceptiveness and is backed by meticulous historical research.
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The acclaimed international bestseller set around the Tudor court, during the years when Henry VIII traded his mistress Mary Boleyn for courtship of her sister Anne - and tracing the extraordinary events that changed the course of a country's history. When Henry VIII tires of pretty young Mary Boleyn, her powerful family instructs her to promote her sister, Anne, as a replacement. But Anne Boleyn, newly returned from the French court, intelligent and spirited, doesn't agree to be Henry's mistress - only his wife. PItting the king's desperation for an heir against his powerful advisors - Wolsey, Cromwell and Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk - what Anne brings about will change the course of a country's history. Told with all of Philippa Gregory's characteristic perceptiveness, backed by meticulous historical research and superb storytelling skills, The Other Boleyn Girl brings a legendary court, its politics, personalities and scheming vividly to life.
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