Sunday, April 03, 2005
henry viii and 'the other boleyn girl'
about 2 years ago, the book club i used to frequent based in sf, was rather active.
we tried to read at least 1 book per month, and not be intellectually snub. just purely enjoy the books and purely enjoy the company of other women.
one of the book i got to read through this book club was 'the other boleyn girl'.
i was vaguely aware of king henry, who was crazy, and drama around his many wives. i also heard of name anne [boleyn]. but, until i read this book, it seemed like a boring history from long past.
perhaps because i had recently finished reading about princess elizabeth of austria, known as princess 'sisi', court drama consumed me rather passionately. since then, whenever i hit local bookstores, i have a habit of casually strolling to history section, european history to be precise.
and, this want to get all other phillipa gregory books. she's written quite a few, i've learned.
the book 'the other boleyn' has an interesting section onf question sheet and historical data on the back of the book. it's juicy to be a pure historical archive, and yet much of the plot are pretty accurate historically to call the story a pure fiction.
i find the book quite interesting, and this book made me read through 3 more of 'pure historical/biographical' non-fictions on henry viii and his 6 wives, 1 of which i do own(6 wives of henry viii) in my posession now.
some rather gross details of anne boleyn's deed to attain the seat of queen, how henry's other wives became and lost their seat at queen-ship. and, when i see the portraits, more mystery at henry's obsessions w/ these women. and, to know that anne boleyn and mary boleyn who bore henry a bastard son are sisters.
who needs a fiction when fact is more dramatic like this than fiction!
we tried to read at least 1 book per month, and not be intellectually snub. just purely enjoy the books and purely enjoy the company of other women.
one of the book i got to read through this book club was 'the other boleyn girl'.
i was vaguely aware of king henry, who was crazy, and drama around his many wives. i also heard of name anne [boleyn]. but, until i read this book, it seemed like a boring history from long past.
perhaps because i had recently finished reading about princess elizabeth of austria, known as princess 'sisi', court drama consumed me rather passionately. since then, whenever i hit local bookstores, i have a habit of casually strolling to history section, european history to be precise.
and, this want to get all other phillipa gregory books. she's written quite a few, i've learned.
the book 'the other boleyn' has an interesting section onf question sheet and historical data on the back of the book. it's juicy to be a pure historical archive, and yet much of the plot are pretty accurate historically to call the story a pure fiction.
i find the book quite interesting, and this book made me read through 3 more of 'pure historical/biographical' non-fictions on henry viii and his 6 wives, 1 of which i do own(6 wives of henry viii) in my posession now.
some rather gross details of anne boleyn's deed to attain the seat of queen, how henry's other wives became and lost their seat at queen-ship. and, when i see the portraits, more mystery at henry's obsessions w/ these women. and, to know that anne boleyn and mary boleyn who bore henry a bastard son are sisters.
who needs a fiction when fact is more dramatic like this than fiction!
# posted by speattle @ 5:52 PM 
