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Fun and Games in Tudor England

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

May 26, 2025 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

What is this, Tatooine?  Is not Tudor England the most outrageous wretched hive of scum and villainy one can ever imagine?  Friends, it is that, hands down. This tale, one of the many involving King Henry the Eighth, who is most famous for being the fat guy who was Queen Elizabeth 1st’s father, focuses on his second queen, the first beheaded one.  (Ain’t gonna lie, ain’t gonna cry.)  But mostly it is the story of the Boleyn siblings, Anne, Mary and George.  These three never […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Beheading as a political move, british monarchy, Family above all, Henry the VIII and the first two wives, Only one sibling gets out alive, Philippa Gregory, Poor George, The life of a farmwife looks mighty good

elderberrywine's CBR17 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Beheading as a political move, british monarchy, Family above all, Henry the VIII and the first two wives, Only one sibling gets out alive, Philippa Gregory, Poor George, The life of a farmwife looks mighty good ·
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