Customer Reviews
fantastic!! - By: Daleigha, 09 Apr 2008 
after reading 'the other boleyn girl, which i adored, i decided to read a few more of these books.... this one was even better than 'the other boleyn girl' in my opinion, & although i read that phillipa gregory tends to take artistic license a bit too far sometimes, i thought she done a fantastic job of bringing the characters & the story to life.
Enjoyable - By: Lilacstar, 04 Apr 2008 
Overalll I enjoyed reading this book - I had finished it within 3 days. Gregory has a skill of writing about this period in a realistic way while intertwining her own imagination to make a story that motivates you to rush to its conclusion. There were some humorous moments from Kitty Howard - who became the character I looked forward to hearing the narration from. It was interesting to see that the almost godly King Henry from the other Boleyn girl (who was young & handsome & powerful) had ironicallly become the complete opposite (old, ugly, rotting & mad) believing that his will was gods will.
I sometimes found the book a little repetitive: it constantly referred back to the other Boleyn girl when Jane was narrating. I can understand her character possibly looking back a few times but it seemed to be constant. And what was worse was that her character was inconsistent with the Jane Parker we met in the previous novel. On another note, Kitty Howard's opening of "lets see, what do I have now?" got a bit wearing - especiallly towards the end.
Saying that I would recommend this book. I thought it would be the same story as T.O.B.G (divorce, beheaded, died...) but its written with a freshness that keeps you interested.
Too long and repetative but still a good read. - By: Philip Thompson, 02 Apr 2008 
I loved The Other Boleyn Girl so had high hopes for this sequel. However, I found the book a couple of hundred pages too long as the Anne of Cleves story reallly dragged & I found this was very repetative. If it was just the Katherine Howard story then I would be giving four or five stars as her character was a joy to read as it showed her youth & immaturity & how out of her depth she was & was truly moving at the end. I would of liked a bit more confirmed facts to the story as I had to read wikepdia after finishing the novel to learn fact from fiction.
As good as The Other Boleyn Girl - By: Angelwings, 24 Mar 2008 I was expecting this book to be a little worse than The Other Boleyn Girl, simply because the other one was just so good! But this is excellent, & a brilliant sequel to her previous super-successful novel, now turned into a film. Gregory can reallly set the tone & her vivid recapture of the habits, dialogue & everyday life at the Tudor court is not just convincing but extremely enjoyable. She uses 3 different narrative voices to tell the story: Jane Boleyn (widow of George), Anne of Cleves (4th wife of Henry VIII) & Katherine Howard (5th wife), & each one is so well-characterised that you don't even have to read who it is who is "speaking" at the beginning of each chapter. The three voices are powerful & evocative & you can share the feelings of every one of the main characters & feel their despair, especiallly that of Kitty Howard at the end of the novel.
A book to get engrossed in - By: Stephen W. Maxwell, 21 Mar 2008 I have always liked Tudor history...and I've always admired Elizabeth 1st...so it makes a change for me to look at Henry VIII & his wives...I thoroughly enjoyed the book...my knowledge about Anne of Cleeves & Katharine Howard was quite limited & i didn't know anything about Jane Boleyn....Philippa Gregory somehow brings these historical characters back from the dead in a book I could hardly put down (which is unusual for me as it usuallly takes me months to read one)..
I've read 'The Queens Fool'...which I thought was OK (not great)..but after reading 'The Boleyn Inheritence' it's made me want to catch up with 'The Other Boleyn Girl'...and I can see me probably reading 'The Other Queen' when it comes out... which is about Mary, Queen of Scots..
Tudor History albeit a bit fictionalised has never been so interesting !
