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The Other Boleyn Girl by Vanessa Kirby

The Other Boleyn Girl

Vanessa Kirby, Philippa Gregory, Simon & Schuster Audio

Atria Books · Print & ebook · June 4, 2002

A Historical Fiction pick for readers exploring The Other Boleyn Girl.

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Genres
Renaissance Romance, Royal Romance, Historical Fiction
Published
Atria Books, June 4, 2002

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About this book

The #1 New York Times bestseller from “the queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) and the author of Boleyn Traitor Philippa Gregory is a rich, compelling novel of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue surrounding the Tudor court of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the infamous Boleyn family. When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of the handsome and charming Henry VIII.

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Dazzled by the king, 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 soon she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. With her own destiny suddenly unknown, Mary realizes that she must defy her family and take fate into her own hands. With more than one million copies in print and adapted for the big screen, The Other Boleyn Girl is a riveting historical drama. It brings to light a woman of extraordinary determination and desire who lived at the heart of the most exciting and glamorous court in Europe, and survived a treacherous political landscape by following her heart.

Historical Intrigue

Come here for

  • court intrigue, cultural-literacy glow
  • a familiar historical-fiction lane with romance-adjacent pull

Expect

  • sustained-narrative pace
  • enough period texture to reward the eye

Where it sits

Royal Romance61%
Historical Fiction52%
Renaissance Romance45%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Renaissance Fiction
  • Historical Romance
  • Women's Fiction
Authors
Vanessa Kirby, Philippa Gregory, Simon & Schuster Audio
Publisher
Atria Books
Published
June 4, 2002
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Renaissance Fiction