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Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 16 years ago
mp3 I'm going to have to grit my teeth to get past this narrator.ETA - I have acclimatised to the reading voice enough to concentrate on the content. Does anyone remember The Magic Roundabout that used to be tea-time viewing in UK 'back in the day'? It was fun to count how many times the word 'said'...
ginamonge
ginamonge rated it 16 years ago
This is a fascinating story of the sister-in-law of Anne Boleyn. The one thing I didn't like about it was the format of the book--although it's non-fiction, it reads like a novel. The author uses language like "In fact, as Jane knew only too well..." or "...a woman to whom Catherine had contemptuous...
Minor Characters
Minor Characters rated it 16 years ago
Too much conjecture, not enough fact. Despite the title, this book was more about Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard than Jane Boleyn, doing little more than tying Jane's whereabouts and functions to the more well-known figures around her. Nearly everything else about her as an individual is guessed...
wealhtheow
wealhtheow rated it 16 years ago
To relate the story of Jane Boleyn, Anne Boleyn's sister-in-law, Fox did a great deal of research. Unfortunately, there was apparently little to unearth. In over 300 pages, Jane is quoted exactly twice: in a letter to Cromwell and a few sentences from her testimony regarding Katherine Howard. Th...
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