The Boleyn Inheritance

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She has her own good reasons for agreeing to marry a man old enough to be her father, in a country where to her both language and habits are foreign. Anne, who has heard of the fates of her predecessors, is not sure about being the queen of England but is eager to leave her family, as nobody really cares for her. Her arrival in England goes well until she is surprised by a drunken man (actually Henry VIII in disguise), who plants a sloppy kiss on her; she responds with an angry shove and curses him in German. Although she tries to make amends once she is aware of his identity, the King holds a grudge for the duration of their marriage because of this.

Jur ca nu voi fi prima care sa rosteasca un cuvant impotriva acestei regine." (juramant incalcat, este printre doamnele care depun marturie impotriva ei)

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The Cousins’ War series begins with The White Queen which sees the throne of England at stake as the Wars of the Roses begin. Elizabeth Woodville is a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition who secretly marries the newly crowned king of England. She ends up rising to the demands of her family as she fights of the success of her family. Now, her sons have become the central figures in an unsolved mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the lost princes in the Tower of London. Jane Rochford was married to George Boleyn, and it was her testimony that sent her husband and infamous sister-in-law Anne to their deaths. Throughout the country, her name is known for malice, jealousy, and twisted lust.

In the interview at the end of the book, Gregory says that The Boleyn Inheritance “rescues the reputation of two queens who have been neglected and traduced by conventional history—historians still call Anne of Cleves “fat” and Katherine Howard “stupid,” so it matters to me that they are considered carefully as real people.” On one hand, yikes at all those historians for those dismissive and sexist accounts, but on the other… while Philippa Gregory did a great job with Anne, I’m not sure she did any better with Katherine than the people she’s looking down at. Am invatat ca sunt in stare sa indur orice mi-ar putea face un baiat. Mai tarziu am invatat ca sunt in stare sa supravietuiesc oricarui lucru pe care mi l-ar putea face un barbat."Anne of Cleves και την Katherine Howard. Πρόκειται δηλαδή για ένα δύσκολο θέμα για κάθε συγγραφέα καθώς για αυτές τις δύο κυρίες γνωρίζουμε ελάχιστα πέρα από τους βασικούς χαρακτηρισμούς που τους αποδίδονται: η άσχημη και το τσουλάκι. Το θετικό πάντως είναι ότι η συγγραφέας κάνει μία φιλότιμη προσπάθεια για να παρουσιάσει μία πιο περίπλοκη εικόνα. Στα πλαίσια αυτής της προσπάθειας παράλληλα με την ιστορία αυτών των δύο παρακολουθούμε και αυτήν της Jane Boleyn, της χήρας του George Boleyn, του αδερφού της διαβόητης Anne Boleyn. Οπότε έχουμε τρεις ιστορίες που τις αφηγούνται αυτές οι τρεις κυρίες που προανέφερα και τρεις διαφορετικές ματιές στα γεγονότα. Ας πάρουμε όμως αυτές τις ιστορίες με τη σειρά. Katherine calls the motto 'The most happy' Jane Seymour's, but it was Anne Boleyn who adapted it in 1533 when she was finally married to the king and pregnant. Jane's motto was 'Bound to obey and serve.' Jane and George Boleyn did not have a son. There is no contemporary mention of them having children. That rumour comes from the later prominence of George Boleyn, the dean of Lichfield, who was probably a distant cousin. If they had had a son, he would have inherited the titles of Earl of Ormonde and Earl of Wiltshire. Instead, the inheritance went to the crown since there were no male heirs left from Thomas and Elizabeth Boleyn, and Henry passed the funds along to Mary Boleyn.