Book review: “Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings” by Alison Weir
“Mary Boleyn — Mistress of Kings” (Ballantine Books, $28) was written by British historian Alison Weir in an attempt to uncover the truth about the sister of Anne Boleyn.
Mary Boleyn was labeled by history as the “great and infamous whore.” Weir gives a new perspective with her extensive research. She writes that Mary had no choice about being the mistress of kings Francois I and Henry VIII.
She was married to William Carey, as arranged by her family and approved by the king. There is some indication that her daughter with William was actually the child of Henry VIII. After Carey died in an epidemic, Mary married for love to a soldier.
Mary's family never approved of her marriage, and after Carey died, her father refused to support her until ordered to by the king. Always in the shadow of her famous sister, she avoided Anne's fate by living a simple life.
To say Weir's research was thorough is an understatement. Several pages deal with which sister was the older, Anne or Mary. It often became dull and tedious to read.
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