The Other Boleyn Girl

Pre-order BOLEYN TRAITOR now - Philippa Gregory‘s landmark return to the Tudor court, coming Autumn 2025 ... Fabulous historical novel set in the court of King Henry VIII. Mary Boleyn attracts the attention of the young king and becomes his mistress; when he tires of her, she sets out to school her sister, Anne, as a replacement. This chance for us Howards comes once in a century... 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 Boleyns 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.