The Other Bolyn Girl

jendorf44 · Sun Mar 14, 2010 2:56 pm

I had not read any historical fiction and am absolutely in love with the book. I think I may try some other books from this genre and time period.

caseyjo · Tue Mar 16, 2010 1:02 pm

I read this a couple years ago, and found it to be both tawdry and fun. The Tudors are clearly pretty crazy. If you're looking for more good historical fiction, I really liked Abundance, which is a novel about Marie Antoinette.

wilde · Sat Mar 20, 2010 11:37 pm

I like this book, but my favorite book by that author (Philippa Gregory) is definitely "Fallen Skies."

caseyjo · Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:50 am


	wilde wrote: I like this book, but my favorite book by that author (Philippa Gregory) is definitely "Fallen Skies."

That looks really interesting! Thanks for recommending it, I've just put that on my (far too long already) to read list.

jendorf44 · Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:58 am

Thank you, I am going to have to add both of those books to my (far too long already also) list.

farmgirlshelley · Tue Apr 13, 2010 9:31 am

I loved the movie so I will have to check the book out too. I love this anything in this time period!

millamonkey · Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:03 pm

Try 'Restoration' by Rose Tremain, one of my favourite authors. A different time period in British history but it captivates, too. (She also wrote music and silence which is also a really good read)

Khogg · Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:01 pm

I read this book and this is the book that got me hooked on historical fiction! I loved it! Another good book is the one after this, The Bolyn Inheritance, it keeps the story going through the rest of Henry's wives. I didn't like it nearly as much as The Other Bolyn Girl but it was still extremly good.

kcdaisley · Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:15 pm

Jean Plaidy also wrote quite a few novels set in this period - Katherine of Aragon (Anne Boleyn's direct rival as Henry VIII's first wife) and the other five wives. They're wonderful (if sad) reading.

anthem1 · Sun May 29, 2011 6:50 pm

This is definitely one of my all-time favorite pieces of historical fiction. I discovered historical fiction by Jean Plaidy, but my personal favorite author in this genre is Margaret George. (During some research, I discovered Jean Plaidy is a pen name for Victoria Holt whom writes gothic romance.) George wrote a book about Henry VIII, but I haven't read that one. I loved her novels Cleopatra and Mary, Queen of Scots. They are excellent and I totally recommend them

Sprezzatura · Tue May 31, 2011 11:41 pm

I still haven't read The Other Bolyn Girl, though people keep encouraging me to since I teach Tudor literature. Maybe it should go on the summer reading list. One of the historical fiction writers I enjoy is Tracy Chevalier. She's best known for her Girl With a Pearl Earring, but she's written some other interesting ones as well. The most recent one I read, called The Lady and the Unicorn was based on the production of the famous Medieval Unicorn Tapestries, now in the Cluny in France and I had the unique opportunity to read it just before seeing the tapestries themselves (which are gorgeous!). She always does solid historical research as well as spinning an entertaining story.

Bobcat10 · Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:58 am

I don't know how solid the research is, but I really enjoyed The Other Boleyn girl. It's full of sex, intrigue, betrayal... I guess the usual stuff for a book about historical royals. I've read several other books by Philippa Gregory as well, and I liked them all. They're good summer guilty pleasure books.

wilde · Wed Jun 01, 2011 1:28 pm

From what I've heard, it's not very historically accurate.. but it is an entertaining read. I recommend "Fallen Skies" by the same author.

Penelope · Wed Jun 01, 2011 3:21 pm


	Quote: anthem1 wrote: This is definitely one of my all-time favorite pieces of historical fiction. I discovered historical fiction by Jean Plaidy, but my personal favorite author in this genre is Margaret George. (During some research, I discovered Jean Plaidy is a pen name for Victoria Holt whom writes gothic romance.) George wrote a book about Henry VIII, but I haven't read that one. I loved her novels Cleopatra and Mary, Queen of Scots. They are excellent and I totally recommend them

May I recommend to you; Lozania Prole:

http://www.fictiondb.com/author/lozania-prole~6024.htm

Ursula Bloom; actually.....I became enthralled by Historical fiction....via this author....about 30 years ago.

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