The Other Boleyn Girl - -My New Obsession

As you well know, I've been obsessed- I mean obsessed- with Christian fiction books based on the Amish.

I blogged about renting movies to watch over Spring Break. One of them was The Other Boleyn Girl. I watched it eight times! Tuesday, after finishing Lucifer's Flood, I bought the book The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory.

I must say that Philippa Gregory's series around King Henry VIII's reign has kicked my sweet little Amish obsession's butt! I cannot get enough! I devoured The Other Boleyn Girl and have already started on the next book, The Boleyn Inheritance. The books take you far away to another time realm where it's easy to lose yourself and track of time.

King Henry had six wives and Philippa's series revolves around them. You could read the books in order of his wives. The first being Katherine of Aragon, then Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and finally Catherine Parr.

Philippa Gregory's books about King Henry VIII's wives:
The Constant Princess - this is about Katherine of Aragon, Henry's first wife.

The Other Boleyn Girl- told from Mary's perspective, Anne Boleyn's sisters.

The Boleyn Inheritance - based on Henry's last three wives: Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr

The Virgin's Lover - based on Queen Elizabeth I's reign- she was Anne Boleyn's daughter.



I read The Other Boleyn Girl first because the movie intrigued me. I'm now reading The Boleyn Inheritance.

I highly recommend The Other Boleyn Girl. It is ranked as one of my all time favorites- second only to Redeeming Love.

Here is a summary of the book.

Two sisters competing for the greatest prize: the love of a king.

A rich and compelling novel 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 heart.When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled, 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.