基本信息出版社：Simon & Schuster Export
页码：576 页
出版日期：2007年12月
ISBN：1416559191
条形码：9781416559191
版本：2007-12-04
装帧：平装
开本：32开 Pages Per Sheet

内容简介 Book Description
The stories of three young women, trying to survive the most volatile and dangerous court in Europe at a time of religious upheaval and political uncertainty, is Philippa Gregory's most intense and compelling novel yet.

From Publishers Weekly
Returning to the scene of The Other Boleyn Girl, historical powerhouse Gregory again brings the women of Henry VIII's court vividly to life. Among the cast, who alternately narrate: Henry's fourth wife, Bavarian-born Anne of Cleves; his fifth wife, English teenager Katherine Howard; and Lady Rochford (Jane Boleyn), the jealous spouse whose testimony helped send her husband... and sister-in-law Anne Boleyn to their execution. Attended by Lady Rochford, 24-year-old Anne of Cleves endures a disastrous first encounter with the twice-her-age king—an occasion where Henry takes notice of Katherine Howard. Gregory beautifully explains Anne of Cleves's decision to stay in England after her divorce, and offers contemporary descriptions of Lady Rochford's madness. While Gregory renders Lady Rochford with great emotion, and Anne of Cleves with sympathy, her most captivating portrayal is Katherine, the clever yet na?ve 16th-century adolescent counting her gowns and trinkets. Male characters are not nearly as endearing. Gregory's accounts of events are accurate enough to be persuasive, her characterizations modern enough to be convincing. Rich in intrigue and irony, this is a tale where readers will already know who was divorced, beheaded or survived, but will savor Gregory's sharp staging of how and why. (Dec. 5)

From Booklist
Just when we think we have heard the last of the Boleyns, after The Other Boleyn Girl (2002), Gregory resurrects the ill-fated family in the persona of Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford. After her damning testimony results in the execution of both her husband and her sister-in-law, Anne Boleyn, Jane continues her ruthless scheming as she serves as lady-in-waiting to Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's reviled Bavarian-born fourth wife, and naive, doomed [fifth] wife, Catherine Howard. Narrated in turn by this trio of intriguing women, this tale of court politics and treachery unfolds from three equally compelling points of view.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Margaret Flanagan

Book Dimension
length: (cm)19.7 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.8
作者简介 Philippa Gregory is an established writer and broadcaster for radio and television. She is an internationally renowned writer of historical novels, which have been published worldwide. She holds a PhD in eighteenth-century literature from the University of Edinburgh. She lives in the North of England with her family. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
编辑推荐 Daily Mail
'Gregory's research is impeccable which makes her imaginative fiction all the more convincing.' Daily Mail --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From the Inside Flap
The stories of three young women, trying to survive the most volatile and dangerous court in Europe at a time of religious upheaval and political uncertainty, is Philippa Gregory's most intense and compelling novel yet. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.