The Boelyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory

The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory

March book club book. Multiple narrators and historical fiction = my kind of book! Told alternately by Jane Boleyn (Anne's sister-in-law who was instrumental in her demise), Anne of Cleves (Henry's 4th, reportedly homely, wife), and Katherine (Henry's 5th, reportedly stupid, wife). The characterizations are FABULOUS. There are three distinct voices and a great story to follow. I thought some of Katherine's "entries" were a little repetetive, but then again, she's only 14 and admittedly not the brightest bulb, so maybe that was intentional. One thing about Philippa Gregory's novels is that I get a very good picture of the women and the differences between them (even the more minor characters), but I can't tell at all who's who in the men -- there are several advisors and uncles and courtiers that could all be the same person. Even so, this one gets:

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