The Other Boleyn Girl

Imagine that you are living in the 16th century, and King Henry VIII has his eyes on you. Even though he already has a queen, your family is going to try everything in their power to get the king to be with you. That way, your family will be in the king's right hand, and you'll give your family name a new meaning. All this pressure is now on you to stay in the king's favor and keep your family's trust. How can you get Henry VIII, king of England, to stay interested in you and raise up your family's reputation?

In Philippa Gregory's The Other Boleyn Girl, two sisters begin the ultimate challenge: fight for the king.

It all begins when Anne Boleyn returns to her home in Tudor England when she finds her young sister, Mary, married to William Carey. Even though Anne is older and should’ve married before her sister, she is nonetheless happy for her and asks for all the details of married life.

Everything is going well for Mary and her new husband until rumors spread that the king is not in love with his queen anymore. King Henry VIII is falling for the young Mary Boleyn. Whatever the king wants the king gets, married or not.

The Boleyn family pushes their youngest daughter away from her husband and into the arms of the king. The closer Mary gets to the king, the closer the Boleyn family gets to the throne.

But with her timid, innocent personality she can’t keep Henry’s attention forever, despite the fact that she’s falling in love with him. Soon the Boleyn’s decide to pawn their other daughter onto the king. And the game begins.

Anne’s abrasive, seductive, dark personality makes it easy for her to make Henry’s eyes turn to her and forget all about the little Mary.

However, when Mary discovers she is pregnant with the king’s child, the tables turn again.

The Boleyn family is ecstatic to know that their family has an heir to the throne. Anne is thrust into the background yet again, until Mary is bedridden and can no longer see the king unless he visits her. So Anne has Henry all to herself and the power is back in her hands.

The battle continues between the Boleyn girls, but who will win?


The Other Boleyn Girl is a marvelous fiction story of history icons caught in the middle of a love triangle. This novel is full of deceit, desire, and determination among family members the notorious King Henry VIII. A real page-turner, this book will grab readers’ attention and keep them on the edge of their seat with each new treacherous scheme. Also turned into a film, the movie is as deceitful as the novel.