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Late Ruskin: New Contexts

Francis O'Gorman

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This title was first published in 2001. Ruskin said that 1860 marked the beginning of his 'proper...

A Chronicle of Jails

Darrell Figgis, William Murphy and Fearghal McGarry

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The Centenary Classics series examines the fascinating time of change and evolution in the Ireland...

A Cultural History of Women in Antiquity

Janet H. Tulloch

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A Cultural History of Women in Antiquity explores women's history in the West from 500 BCE to...

ClareR (5784 KP) rated The Other Boleyn Girl in Books

Jun 24, 2019

The Other Boleyn Girl

Philippa Gregory | 2003 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance

7.6

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I read this quite a long time ago, but I have to say that I do read all of Philippa Gregory’s books because they’re just really good stories. I do have a bit of a thing about the Tudor period, and I’ve read a fair bit of both fiction and non-fiction around the period. I’m aware that this (and her others) may be heavily fictionalised, but part of reading is entertainment, no? But I do like how I feel immersed in these stories.
And who knew that Anne Boleyn’s sister had an affair with Henry VIII before Anne married him (well, when the book came out, not many people seemed to know - unless they were very heavily into their history!)? And honestly, I wouldn’t be overly surprised if a lot of goes on in the book actually happened!