The rise and fall of the Boleyn family’s fortunes, from their pinnacle achievement to the misery of their worst failure. While I quite enjoyed Borman’s Cromwell biography, I didn’t care much for this novel following the house of Boleyn. The writing was fine, but I found the story messy and a little disjointed, skipping ahead in capricious ways. Had I not been relatively well-versed in the history of happenings at the Tudor court, I’m not sure that I’d have followed the timeline very well. I also found a few of the characters' personalities too changeable, with no explanation given other than it suited the moment. The interwoven perspectives of the various servants and attendants felt extraneous, and crowbarred in, bogging down rather than enhancing the narrative. The author’s note explains her reasoning, and I see her point, but I just didn’t enjoy the result very much. ★★★☆☆
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