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The Boleyn Inheritance

By: Philippa Gregory
Narrated by: Pippa Bennett-Warner, Georgia Maguire, Cathleen McCarron
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Pre-order BOLEYN TRAITOR now – Philippa Gregory’s landmark return to the Tudor court, coming Autumn 2025 …

From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory, comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of Henry VIII and his final queens.

1539. Anne of Cleves wins the dangerous prize of becoming Henry VIII’s fourth wife. From the start, Anne’s royal blood, education and fierce intelligence count for nothing as the king pursues young Katherine Howard.

Katherine is a pawn in the political manoeuvres of her ambitious family; unprepared for the dangers that await, she steps into their trap. At her side is kinswoman Jane Boleyn, who has served – and betrayed – one queen already: her sister-in-law Anne, who died on Henry’s scaffold. Will Jane betray a second queen to the headsman?

As the three women’s fates entwine in the most volatile court in Europe, each must survive an increasingly tyrannical, murderous king.

With an exclusive afterword written and read by Philippa Gregory, exploring the inspiration behind The Boleyn Inheritance.

Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Romance Royalty Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Tudor Mystery

Critic Reviews

Praise for ‘The Constant Princess’:

'One of Gregory's great strengths as a novelist is her ability to take familiar historical figures and flesh them into living breathing human beings. “The Constant Princess” is a worthy successor to her previous novels about the Tudors and deserves to be a bestseller.' Daily Express

'Gregory's research is impeccable which makes her imaginative fiction all the more convincing.' Daily Mail

'Gregory is great at conjuring a Tudor film-set of gorgeous gowns and golden-plattered dining.' Telegraph
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Fictionalised history at its best. taking the lives with three fascinating women who were victim to a ruthless man.

Extraordinary story

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From the preview I was concerned about 3 different voices (2 of which are a bit over the top) telling the story. But it works to bring 3 distinct characters to life.

I love the mixture of fact and fiction that Phillipa Gregory uses in her stories. Helps make the characters relatable to a modern audience.

Simply captivating

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The story is incredible but what really makes this audiobook remarkable is the performances in it! Each actress gives life to the characters in the book on a perfect way and it’s truly a pleasure to listen to. Really sad to have finished and looking forward to more from these amazing artists

Amazing performances!

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May contain spoilers if you don’t know your history!

Philippa Gregory brings Tudor women to life in a way that history mostly written by male historians simply cannot. I love her and Alison Weir‘s non fiction on the Tudor queens but the escapism of her fictionalised versions have me devouring the stories in few sittings. I particularly like how she uses shifting points of view to tell the same story across novels without it feeling stale or repetitive. I just finished Boleyn Traitor and though it covers much of the same time period, I was never bored. I in fact adored getting Anne of Cleves and Katherine‘s perspectives as they are so often erased from history. So much so that the Anne of Cleves has only one portrait and the portraits that exist of ake ne Howard we are uncertain if they are even her. Even though history tells me before I even opened the front cover that I know how this book will end I still found myself unexpectedly crying (in public!) for Katherine Howard and Lady Rochford as they went to the scaffold in the final pages of the book Philippa Gregory can do just that beautiful powerful aand poignant writing.

A Voice for those History Erased (Spoilers!)

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What a let down both the book and Naration.
I realise the book has some historical fact and a lot of fiction but I had to stop listening to it it was that bad. There was so much repetition going from one character to another repeating what was written in the chapter before it. I don't like first person books and this jumping from one character to another annoying as was the narration.
It's a shame that this book was so bad as I have liked previous books and I find the Tudor times quite interesting.

Did not like it at all

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