In this gripping and imaginative novel, Laurie Andersen imagines what would have happened if Anne Boleyn had given birth to the boy baby she miscarried, thereby changing the history of England as we know it?
We meet the young king - William to his friends - just as he is about to turn 18 and take full control of his realm. His father has been dead for several years and his mother is in failing health, but he has close companions in his older sister Elizabeth, friend Dominic Courtenay, and co-birthday celebrant Minuette, daughter of Queen Anne's favorite lady who was raised practically as a sister, and who now is Elizabeth's chief lady. The four of them are a lively, attractive, and intelligent group, with Minuette surprisingly at the center.
If you are a British history buff there is plenty for you here. There are battles, court intrigues, all the fun Tudor stuff. And the novel is a real page-turner. My only complaint is that it ends so abruptly - nothing was resolved to my satisfaction. Then I find out it's the first in a trilogy, and the second book is due out in about a month. I've already pre-ordered it from Barnes and Noble.
The Boleyn King
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