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The very believable dialogue and detail take you all the way into the claustrophobic privy chambers of the royal palaces and behind the curtains to where two girls giggle, connive and argue in their beds... Gregory has launched herself into a popular period and produced something with that most underrated of virtues: readability. |
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This compulsively readable novel is a wonderful account of the Tudor court. This is the finest historical novel of this year. |
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Fresh, wonderfully vivid retelling of the story of Anne Boleyn... only the beginning of the intrigue Gregory so handily chronicles, capturing beautifully the mingled hate and nearly incestuous love... Lovers of historical romances heavy on the history will relish this new entry from Gregory and perhaps propel in onto bestseller lists this summer. |
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Historically based, page-turning story…Rich with period detail…Absorbing tail of a Renaissance family determined to climb as high as they can, whatever the cost. |
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It’s the annual struggle: You need a book…that will entertain and enlighten... You want a real page-turner, but you don’t want to tarnish your reputation for literary taste. “The Other Boleyn Girl” is your kind of beach book, then—a bodice-ripper with a bibliography. |
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She controls a complicated narrative and dozens of characters without faltering, in a novel sure to please. |
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I couldn't put it down…a fascinating "behind the scenes" look at the complicated relationship between sisters and lovers of the king. |
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What a book! ... I read this book in one delicious gulp. |
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