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Originally Posted by issybird
I read The Other Boleyn Girl a long time ago and didn't like it. Didn't like it a lot, in fact. Gregory bent historical fact to serve her narrative, which involved a lot of projection verging on Mary Sueism. I can't remember the specifics at this distance, other than she made Mary the younger sister of Anne, which of course totally altered the dynamic of Mary's having been Henry's mistress before Anne came along. My reaction was that I'd never read another and I never have.
I'm persnickety about these things; one major factual error and I tend to be out, but remembering your reaction to Outlander, you may be also.
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Wow!! I adore Philippa Gregory's works; I've read the earliest 4 (lowest 4 as they come up on this link) and loved them. Who was Mary then, if not Anne's younger sister?