[quote=""boswellbaxter""]Who wrote that ? Fiction or non?[/quote]
"The Tudor Sisters" by Aileen Armitage is the (fictional) story of Mary and Anne Boleyn. It begins with the death of their mother and finishes with Henry's impending marriage to Anne. For me, however, it is more the story of Mary. In this book, the author places Mary as the elder of the two sisters who went to France in the entourage of Mary Tudor when she married the King of France.
The book itself is barely 200 pages - and its easy to read, whether the Tudor period of English history takes your fancy or not. Though, not a fan of the abundance of Tudor fiction about, I did enjoy the book.
I think the story of Mary Boleyn is becoming more popular than that of her sister (and rival) Anne. Mary, at least, survived her entanglement with Henry VIII!.
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Aileen Armitage
Aileen Armitage
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Aileen Armitage seems to write very quickly - she published 3 novels in 2001 alone!
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Thanks, Ariadne. I found her website (it's http://www.AileenArmitage.com, but for some reason it's easier to find by googling Aileen Quigley). A few of her books are reprints, but she is indeed very prolific! She says she's taking her time over her current book.
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Thanks for pointing out her website, Margaret! I hadn't seen it before. This is getting far afield of PG's books, but The Brackenroyd Inheritance was a favorite when I was growing up. I wish Armitage's website stated more directly which books were reprints (The Tudor Sisters is the same as Court Cadenza, from 1974). There are a bunch of others, but you have to read the plotlines of each and match them up.
Getting back to PG, it seems clear that several authors told the story of Mary Boleyn before she did, but their versions didn't get nearly as much attention.
Getting back to PG, it seems clear that several authors told the story of Mary Boleyn before she did, but their versions didn't get nearly as much attention.
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Aha - thanks for your excellent sleuthing, Ariadne. I've added several Armitage novels to http://www.HistoricalNovels.info, with notes on original titles and years of publication. This makes me more favorably disposed toward Armitage's work. One always wonders how good a novel can be if it seems to have been written in a matter of 6 months or less - in this case, the apparent publication dates are misleading.
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Thanks for the information! I've seen The Tudor Sisters on eBay, I believe; always wondered how it was.
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