内容简介
BeforeHenryVIIIeverconsideredmakingAnneBoleynhiswife,heroldersister,Mary,washismistress.HistoricalnovelistGregory(VirginEarth)usestheperspectiveofthis"otherBoleyngirl"torevealtherivalriesandintriguesswirlingthroughEngland.ThesistersandtheirbrotherGeorgewereraisedwithonegoal:toadvancetheHowardfamily'sinterests,especiallyagainsttheSeymours.SowhenMarycatchestheking'sfancy,herfamilyordershertoabandonthehusbandtheyhadchosen.ShebearsHenrytwochildren,includingason,butAnne'sdesiretobequeendrivesherwithruthlessintensity,alienatingfamilyandfoes.
作者简介
PhilippaGregory(born9January1954)isanEnglishhistoricalnovelist.PhilippaGregorywasborninKenya.Whenshewastwoyearsold,herfamilymovedtoEngland.Shewasa"rebel"atschool,butmanagedtoattendtheUniversityofSussex.SheworkedinBBCradiofortwoyearsbeforeattendingtheUniversityofEdinburgh,wheresheearnedherdoctoratein17th-centuryliterature.GregoryhastaughtattheUniversityofDurham,UniversityofTeesside,andtheOpenUniversity,andwasmadeaFellowofKingstonUniversityin1994.