The Boleyn inheritance /
Gregory, Philippa, 1954-
The Boleyn inheritance / Philippa Gregory. - London : HarperCollins, 2007, c2006. - 518 p. ; 20 cm. - Plantagenet and Tudor novels ; book 10. . - Gregory, Philippa, 1954- author. Plantagenet and Tudor novels ; book 10. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 516-518)
"The year is 1539 and the court of Henry VIII is increasingly fearful at the moods of the ageing sick king. With only a baby in the cradle for an heir, Henry has to take another wife and the dangerous prize of the crown of England is won by Anne of Cleves. She has her own good reasons for agreeing to marry a man old enough to be her father, in a country where to her both language and habits are foreign. Although fascinated by the glamour of her new surroundings, she senses a trap closing around her. Katherine is confident that she can follow in the steps of her cousin Anne Boleyn to dazzle her way to the throne but her kinswoman Jane Boleyn, haunted by the past, knows that Anne's path led to Tower Green and to an adulterer's death. The story of these three young women, trying to make their own way through the most volatile court in Europe at a time of religious upheaval and political uncertainty, is Philippa Gregory's most compelling novel yet." -- Authors website.
9780743272513 9780007190331
Catharine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, d. 1542 --Fiction.
Anne of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1515-1557 --Fiction.
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 --Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547--Fiction.
Great Britain--Court and courtiers--History--16th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
823.92
The Boleyn inheritance / Philippa Gregory. - London : HarperCollins, 2007, c2006. - 518 p. ; 20 cm. - Plantagenet and Tudor novels ; book 10. . - Gregory, Philippa, 1954- author. Plantagenet and Tudor novels ; book 10. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 516-518)
"The year is 1539 and the court of Henry VIII is increasingly fearful at the moods of the ageing sick king. With only a baby in the cradle for an heir, Henry has to take another wife and the dangerous prize of the crown of England is won by Anne of Cleves. She has her own good reasons for agreeing to marry a man old enough to be her father, in a country where to her both language and habits are foreign. Although fascinated by the glamour of her new surroundings, she senses a trap closing around her. Katherine is confident that she can follow in the steps of her cousin Anne Boleyn to dazzle her way to the throne but her kinswoman Jane Boleyn, haunted by the past, knows that Anne's path led to Tower Green and to an adulterer's death. The story of these three young women, trying to make their own way through the most volatile court in Europe at a time of religious upheaval and political uncertainty, is Philippa Gregory's most compelling novel yet." -- Authors website.
9780743272513 9780007190331
Catharine Howard, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, d. 1542 --Fiction.
Anne of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1515-1557 --Fiction.
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 --Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547--Fiction.
Great Britain--Court and courtiers--History--16th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
823.92