The Boleyn Inheritance Book Review: SPOILER ALERT!!

The book I read was The Boleyn Inheritance written by Philippa Gregory. Published in 2006 by Touchstone, it has 528 pages.

In the book, there are 3 main characters: Jane Boleyn (evil/manipulative), Katherine Howard (naive/idiotic), and Anne of Cleves (foreign/strong). Other than these three, another important character is King Henry VIII. I guess you can say he is the center of all the problems. After Jane Seymore died from child birth, he wanted to marry... again. He became betrothed to Anne of Cleves (German), but he did not like her at all because she was not good looking. He only married her to gain power of Germany. Anne was very scared of going to England because she knew no English. Major language barrier right there!!! Jane Boleyn was Henry's sister, sister-in-law. She was the widow of George Boleyn. George was executed by the word of Henry for "commiting" incest with Henry's wife, George's sister, Anne Boleyn. Jane is a cuckoo person! To learn more about her: READ THIS AWESOME BOOK! Jane was I guess you could say the right hand woman of the Queen and little Katherine. Many secrets are discovered in this book and the past cannot be put into the past. The dead become alive haunting the living. At the end, things in England become calmer, much more peaceful.

DO I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK?!
YES I DO! BUT!!!!: to actually understand this book, it is best to read The Other Boleyn Girl. It all ties into the story of TBI. I am still in the process of reading the rest of the series and this author really paints the picture of the story in my head.

The Novel

The novel I chose to read is The Boleyn Inheritance. The book is historical fiction. I still haven't gotten really far in the book, but right now it's mostly introduction to the characters and it goes back in reference to "The Other Boleyn Girl". The chapters aren't normal chapters. They are cut into three people. I still haven't gotten the concept of the girls. They are women. I haven't gotten far in the book to know how the title wraps itself witht the few pages I've read. I selected this book because I am going in order with the whole series of the Tudors. Philippa Gregory has made me whirl myself in with this great series and I want to read them all.