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The Other Boleyn Girl

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The Other Boleyn Girl

By: Philippa Gregory
Narrated by: Ruthie Henshall
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When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of 14, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled by the king, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realizes just how much she is a pawn in her family's ambitious plots as the king's interest begins to wane and she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. Then Mary knows that she must defy her family and her king, and take her fate into her own hands.

A rich and compelling tale of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue, The Other Boleyn Girl introduces a woman of extraordinary determination and desire who lived at the heart of the most exciting and glamorous court in Europe and survived by following her own heart.

©2001 Philippa Gregory Ltd (P)2007 Simon and Schuster Inc. Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Renaissance Royalty Women's Fiction Romance Tudor

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"[A] fresh, wonderfully vivid retelling of the story of Anne Boleyn." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Engaging Historical Fiction • Intriguing Character Development • Compelling Royal Drama • Pleasant Voice • Likeable Mary
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This abridged version was very good, I usually don't like abridged but had no choice. I was pleasantly surprised.

Great Book!!

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I had high hopes for this audio book. I downloaded it to listen to after I had read the book and really enjoyed it, but this is abridged! They left out half of the book!

Disappointed

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I read this book straight through. The narrator was excellent and the imagery left much for the imagination.

Pretty good

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I was attracted to this book after seeing the movie... I was completely ignorant of the activities that occurred in this time period and felt that it was intriguing as well as informational. I also felt that it cleared up the movie a bit and made some of the relationships a bit clearer.... I would definitely recommend this book if the movie left you wanting more information on this story

The Other Boyelyn Girl

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Now I am a big history buff, after I read this book. I don't buy the incest stuff either, though that is what (as I understand it) the hysterical witch hunt around Anne was suggesting. PG does extrapolate rather a lot from a little I think (she does the same again re Anne of Cleves' home life in The Boleyn Inheritance, which I thought was a rather better book and certainly gives an horrific insight into the paranoia at court in the latter days of Henry VIII's reign when he was a bloated monster, not at all the pretty boy of The Tudors).
I liked this at the time, and thought McElhone was great, though I did find the incest stuff a bit wince making (but had that reaction to reading it too.) Haven't seen the big screen version yet, but would be interested to compare.
overall i loved the book and i ended up getting other sequels related to this book.

a1

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Ruthie Henshall did a wonderful job with one of my favorite books. This was a great first choice for me to get into audio books.

Loved It

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It puts things into perspective when you think of how things used to be so savage and at times, primitive. You can't help but be grateful for a much more domesticated yet brazen future. It's strange to think of the vast differences in comparisons. In some ways we have advanced lightyears ahead, and others we are soft as baby shit compared. I find it amusing. I love this story and have watched, listened and read it countless times and in just as many different forms & sources. I'll never tire of it. history is fascinating.

remarkable

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The audio book is great and a little better to understand than reading it, but you miss alot in the abridged version. Can't wait to see the movie hope it lives up to this great book.

The Other Boleyn Girl

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Having seen the movie before listening to this book it really was a delight that it was so much more than the movie. I really enjoyed it.

Compelling!

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I did like this book a lot! It is different than the movie and I do think I enjoyed the movie more, this was still very good and the narration is flawless.

Great narration!!

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