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[maleficent]

Philippa Gregory appears to have done it again...

The Boleyn Inheritance

I for one have never seen Viscountess Rochford referred to as "Jane Boleyn". Cashing in, at all, Philippa?

I am tempted, out of nothing more than morbid curiosity, to read it...

Comments

[auntiegrizelda]

Yeah she was.

[tudor_diva]

I see the book cover says "The Last Boleyn." I just finished reading "The Last Boleyn" by Karen Harper, which was originally published in 1983 as "Passion's Reign", and is a novel about the life of Mary Bullen, told much more factually and in an historical context. Liked it MUCH better than TOBG.

[starrynightsky]

argh! philippa gregory should be banned from penning any more ridiculous historical fiction books.

[sioux_zee]

agreed!!

[aboleyn]

agreed again!

[forestcelt]

I'll say. Jane Boleyn? *facepalm*

[mariedeblois]

YES.

[britishness]

Jane Boleyn? Well, I guess that works...since she was maried to George...but...whatever...still!! Anyway.

Oh, Philippa Gregory...I got so annoyed with her historical blunders, and yet I still buy her books. Why is that?!?

[maleficent]

See above for the discussion on whether or not women took their husbands' surnames. I'll have a look tonight/tomorrow & see if I can find out one way or the other but I'm pretty sure it was a later development. For example, even after her marriage, Anne Boleyn was never referred to as "Anne Tudor", nor were any of Henry's wives given his surname.