The Last Boleyn: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0307345386
- ISBN-13
- 9780307345387
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 592
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-02-28
- Publisher
- Crown
- Author
- Karen Harper
Description
She survived her own innocence, and the treachery of Europe’s royal courts; The Last Boleyn is the story of the rise and fall of the Boleyns, one of England’s most powerful families, through the eyes of the eldest daughter, Mary. Although her sister, Anne, the queen; her brother, George, executed alongside Anne; and her father, Thomas, are most remembered by history, Mary was the Boleyn who set into motion the chain of events that brought about the family’s meteoric rise to power, as well as the one who managed to escape their equally remarkable fall. Sent away to France at an extraordinarily young age, Mary is quickly plunged into the dangerous world of court politics, where everything is beautiful but deceptive, and everyone she meets is watching and quietly manipulating the events and people around them. As she grows into a woman, Mary must navigate both the dangerous waters ruled by two kings and the powerful will of her own family in order to find a place for herself and the love she so deeply desires.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In)
By Philippa GregoryIt was twilight before we saw the great pier of Hampton Court and the great iron gates behind them. The drummer gave an extra roll of drums and we saw the watermen tumbling along the pier making ready for us to land.
-
The Boleyn Inheritance
By Philippa GregoryLady-in-waiting Jane Boleyn, the only survivor of the ambitious Boleyn family, testifies against Henry VIII's latest queen, Anne of Cleves, and conspires to place her young cousin, Katherine Howard, on the throne.
-
The Boleyn King: A Novel
By Laura AndersenNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY RT BOOK REVIEWS Perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory, Alison Weir, and Showtime’s The Tudors, The Boleyn King is the first book in an enthralling trilogy that dares to imagine: What if Anne ...
-
The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen
By Susan BordoThis is a book that has long been needed to set the record straight, and Bordo knocked it out of the park.
-
The Last Tudor
By Philippa GregoryThe latest novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory features one of the most famous women in history, Lady Jane Grey, and her two sisters, each of whom dared to defy her queen.
-
The Other Boleyn Girl
By Philippa GregoryThe #1 New York Times bestseller from “the queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) 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 ...
-
The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn: A Novel
By Robin MaxwellThe first novel in the acclaimed Elizabethan Quartet: “Wonderfully juicy...Maxwell brings all of bloody Tudor England vividly to life.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) One was queen for a thousand days; one for over forty years.
-
The Boleyn Women: The Tudor Femmes Fatals Who Changed English History
By Elizabeth NortonThe family of Anne Boleyn, the infamous wife of Henry VIII, appeared from nowhere at the end of the fourteenth century and rose to prominence at the beginning of a century that would end with a Boleyn woman, Elizabeth I, on the throne.
-
Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession: A Novel
By Alison WeirIn this second novel of Alison Weir’s epic Six Tudor Queens series, the acclaimed author and historian weaves exciting new research into the story of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s most infamous wife, a woman ahead of her time whose very ...
-
The Light in the Labyrinth: The Last Days of Anne Boleyn
By Wendy J. DunnIN THE WINTER OF 1535, fourteen-year-old Kate Carey wants to escape her family home.
