The Other Boleyn Girl

The acclaimed international bestseller of the Tudor court, during the years of Henry VIII s pursuit of Anne Boleyn — and the revolutionary sequence of events that followed.

1521. Henry VIII rules over a fashionable court alive with pageant and celebration, the lack of a son his only threat. When young Mary Boleyn arrives at court, she becomes his new mistress, an unwitting pawn in the ambitions of the powerful Boleyn and Howard families.As Henry's interest begins to wane, the Boleyn's scheme to put forward Mary's sister, Anne. Yet Anne Boleyn, newly returned from the French court, won't agree to be Henry's mistress only his wife.Pitting the king's desperation for an heir against the advice of his powerful advisors, Wolsey and Cromwell, what follows will change the course of a country's history.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Philippa Gregory - Филиппа Грегори

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Language:English

Publication Date:2007

Number of pages:542 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:129 mm / 5,1'

Height:198 mm / 7,8'

Weight:400 g

ISBN:9780006514008