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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 Henryβs interest begins to wane, the Boleyns scheme to put forward Maryβs sister, Anne. Yet Anne Boleyn, newly returned from the French court, wonβt agree to be Henryβs mistress β only his wife.
Pitting the kingβs desperation for an heir against the advice of his powerful advisors, Wolsey and Cromwell, what follows will change the course of a countryβs history.
Philippa Gregory is a historian and novelist renowned for combining rich research with powerful storytelling. Through her writing, she reveals the women history tried to forget β and whose stories are more relevant today than ever. Her novels have sold millions of copies worldwide and been adapted for stage, television and film.
In 2023 she published her critically acclaimed non-fiction book Normal Women, a new social history of women in England for 900 years. It has also been adapted as a podcast, teen edition and children's edition.
In 2021 Philippa Gregory was awarded a CBE for services to literature and charity.
www.philippagregory.com