Well have taken a break from reading (I do that periodically when I get a string of disappointing reads and have no time to go library--been using lunch breaks to exercise but am again realizing I must excercise my mind too:) Anyways back to this glorious book..I must say I was pleasantly surprised by Mrs Gregory as I LOVED the book and movie The Other Boleyn Girl and so was hyped to read a tale of what happened after all that? In this book you learn the status of the poor beheaded Queen Anne's sister Mary and her daughter, all about the foolish fat old king Henry the Eighth, the next queens to the throne Anne of Cleves and silly Katherine and of course what happened to the vindictive and pure evil Jane Boleyn whose testimony clenched the jury to behead her own husband and sister in law the Queen..
In this book you get into the beginnings of new chapters for three women whose lives are intertwined with the mystery, glamour and treachery of King Henry's court..there is the politcial dealings of England, the thoughts, fears and hopes of three women trying to make themselves and all the romance and fancy of a dramatic pageturner..this book has it all and is highly recommended only after you have read The Other Boleyn Girl AND seen the movie:) Historical drama at its best, rich with description, emotion, passion and a confrontation near the end that left me speechless (Jane Boleyn and her Uncle the Duke of Norfolk spoke so cruelly and so eloquently the hairs on my arm stood up...bravo well written and completly engrossing.