Winner of the British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year
She survives four queens. Will she fall to a tyrant?
Jane Boleyn watches from the shadows of the Tudor court. Where nothing is more powerful than a secret – or more deadly.
As the Boleyns rise, Jane rises with them. But the king’s love is a fickle thing. And when the royal gaze turns elsewhere, Jane uses the only weapon she has: her voice.
To survive in this dazzling, dangerous world she has mastered many masks: loving wife, devoted sister, and obedient spy. Now she must step out of the shadows.
She might outlive her rivals. She might know the court’s darkest secrets. But power rests on the edge of a tyrant king’s sword. Where will it fall next?
Philippa Gregory brings the Boleyn traitor into the light in an explosive story of one woman’s survival in the treacherous heart of the Tudor court.
‘Gregory reframes Tudor history through Jane Boleyn’s watchful eyes. Court politics, whispered secrets and shifting allegiances collide in this tense portrait of survival under a king whose love can mean death’ i Paper
‘Returning triumphantly to the world that first catapulted her to bestsellerdom, Gregory thickens the plot by casting Jane as a spy for Thomas Cromwell, bestowing power and agency that is as perilous as it is thrilling’ Mail on Sunday
‘Gregory masterfully explores Jane’s guilt, ambition and survival. Utterly engaging, with sparkling dialogue – you can feel the power, danger and allure of the Tudor dynasty on every page. A triumphant return’ Woman & Home
‘An immersive visit to the Court of Henry VIII with its magnificence and machinations, its pageantry and plotting, all the more harrowing if you know how it ends’ Saga
‘Jane Boleyn is sister-in-law to ill-fated Anne, lady-in-waiting to five of Henry VIII’s six wives and a royal spy. Gregory’s research is impeccable, but she wears it lightly when transporting you to the Tudor court in all its pomp, glory, drama, with Machiavellian manoeuvres and a toweringly egocentric king.’ High Life Magazine
