THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
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As
you should know Tuesdays is book blog day were we talk about one
particular book and pretty much run with it. Today's blog is on the
book The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory.
Two
Sisters competing for the greatest prise: the love of a king.
When
Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she
catches the eye of Henry 8th. Dazzled, Mary falls in love
with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen.
However, she soon realises how much of a pawn in her family's
ambitions plots as the king's interest begins to wane and she is
forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne.
The Mary knows she must defy her family and her king and take fate
into her own hands.
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The Other Boleyn Girl Goodreads page.
The
Other Boleyn Girl was published in 2001 by Scribner (printed in both
hardback and paperback), it is followed in print by The Constant
Princess and that is followed by The Boleyn Inheritance. The Queen's
Fool and The Virgin's Lover books that are set in the reigns of Queen
Mary 1st and Queen Elizabeth 1st respectively.
Reviews of the book are mixed with some saying that the book is a
brilliant though claustrophobic look at palace life in Tudor England,
whilst others are troubled by the lack of historical accuracy.
However since then the book has enjoyed both popularity and
phenomenal success since its publication, prompting the rise of two
movies based on the book (2003 and 2008 respectively). The Other
Boleyn Girl has gone onto being entered in the 2002 Romantic Novel of
the Year Award (RoNa's) and the Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for
fiction in 2009. The Other Boleyn Girl was the first book outside of
school I bought specifically for myself since I have a love of
History and a love of Historical Fiction (As previously mentioned).
There has been some issues with the historical accuracy of the book
which, whilst I agree with it. I don't think it deters from the
book's ultimate charm. I highly recommend the book to all those who
love reading and give the book an 8/10.
Author
Phillipa Gregory was born on January 9th 1954 in Nairobi,
Kenya the second daughter of Elaine and Arthur Gregory. The family
moved to Bristol, England when Gregory was two years old. Gregory
obtained her education up to A-0levels at Colston's Girl's school
where she was considered a “Rebel”, Gregory went onto journalism
college in Cardiff before spending a year as an apprentice at the
Portsmouth newspaper and gaining a place at the University of Sussex
in an English literature degree (this was changed to a history degree
later on). Gregory worked with BBC radio for two years before heading
to the University of Edinburgh to earn a doctorate in 18th
century literature. During this time Gregory wrote her first novel
Wideacre (published in 1987). Gregory has taught at both the
university of Durham and the University of Teesside as well as the
open university and in 1994 was made a fellow of Kingston University
whilst writing several popular novels as well as children's books on
the side, she also has a pen name, that of Kate Wedd.
Phillipa
Gregory has been married three times (twice divorced), she has two
children of her own and four stepchildren and currently lives in
North Yorkshire, England. Gregory also has her own website the link
is in the bibliography down below.
The
2003 movie of the same name was a BBC TV film adaption and was
included as an extra to the DVD release of The Six Wives of Henry 8th
on March 28th 2003. The movie was low budget (£750,000)
and was shot at Berkley Castle using modern techniques that are not
normally used of historical dramas. Some scenes were even shot in a
confessional straight to camera video diary style. The script wasnt a
complete word for word rendition of the book and was improvised
somewhat by the cast and the director. The difference in the filming
of the 2003 movie to the 2008 movie made me feel a little weird about
it after watching. However its style couldn't put off how well it
captured the essence of the book. The actors were well chosen and did
well in my opinion. I recommend it to all lovers of the book and give
the movie a 7/10.
The
2008 adaption of The Other Boleyn Girl being of high production had
much press coverage before its theatre release on February 29th
2008. The movie came out on both DVD and Blu-Ray with a collection of
deleted and extended scenes as well as an audio commentary from
Director Justin Chadwick. Like the 2003 adaption the 2008 adaption
did not follow the book 100% but retained enough of the books essence
to do well. The movie received mixed reviews and a 42% on Rotten
Tomatoes. Despite the changes in the movie to the book (Like most
Movie adaptions of books in general) the movie did double its budget
in worldwide earnings. I recommend watching the film if your both a
lover of the book or a movie lover in general and give the movie an
8/10.
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And
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