The Boleyn Inheritance
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| Author | Philippa Gregory |
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| Audio read by | Bianca Amato |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Tudor Series |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Touchstone |
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Publication date
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2006 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 528 |
| ISBN | (hardcover edition) |
| Preceded by | The Other Boleyn Girl |
| Followed by | The Queen's Fool |
The Boleyn Inheritance is a novel by British author Philippa Gregory which was first published in 2006. It is a direct sequel to her previous novel The Other Boleyn Girl, and one of the additions to her six-part series on the Tudor royals. (The other titles in the series are The Constant Princess, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover,and The Other Queen.)* The novel is told through the first-person narratives of – Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Jane Boleyn, who was mentioned in The Other Boleyn Girl. It covers a period from 1539 until 1542 and chronicles the fourth and fifth marriages of King Henry VIII of England.
King Henry VIII's describes Anne's portrait as “… [that of a very comely woman]” and takes immediate liking to Anne of Cleves even before she arrives in the English court. Upon arrival, Anne hears of the fates of Henry's previous wives: Catherine of Aragon (divorced), Anne Boleyn (beheaded), and lastly, Jane Seymour (who died of childbed fever after giving birth to Prince Edward). However, Anne has no choice but to leave her home country because her brother the Duke wants a political alliance against the Catholic surrounding countries. Thomas Cromwell urges the match but later on pays severe consequences.
Immediately after Anne's arrival in England, her situation starts to unravel: the king is put off by Anne’s appearance, claiming that she looks nothing like her portrait. Also, the king values sophistication and education in women, which Anne does not possess: she can only read and write in German due to her informal education. Because of her strict upbringing, she hasn’t learned to sing or dance but is very skilled in needlework. Nevertheless, the king marries her. Anne knows that the king is displeased with her and finds solace in her situation through befriending Jane Rochford.
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