In 2009, she was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award, in the Fiction category in both cases, it was as a result of her 2001 book The Other Boleyn Girl.

Novelist Philippa Gregory has clinched these literary prizes. But Mary resolves to stand up for her interests and it segues into an intriguing quest for supremacy in this award-winning book. The book’s title denotes the statement used to refer to Mary and different her from her Anne after the former falls from grace. Worse still, Henry instructs Mary to coach Anne to ensure that the transition is smooth. Henry’s first lover is Mary and, after their love runs out of steam, Henry leaves her for her sibling Anne.

Philippa Gregory’s book, The Other Boleyn, is all about Henry’s love affairs, particularly when he falls in love with two siblings, one after another. Initially, Mary is an innocent teenager but she rolls with the punches and grows up. The king’s mistress, she was born circa 1500 and passed away in 1543. Generally, the book’s plot is fictitious, though Gregory’s character Mary Boleyn is modeled on the real-life Lady Mary who lived during the King Kenry VIII’s era. The main character in Philippa Gregory’s book is named Mary Boleyn. The first edition was initially published in 2001, titled The Other Boleyn Girl and this book is shelved under the fiction (notably historical fiction subgenre) and romance genres. It is worth noting that the earliest book is listed as the third in The Tudor Court series and the ninth installment in the larger series. There are as much as 109 editions of Philippa Gregory’s earliest book in The Tudor Court series. The said series is a synthesis of two other series, The Cousin’s War series alongside Tudor Court series both series have since been repackaged as Plantagenet and Tudor Novels. Philippa Gregory’s most notable novel series consists of fifteen books. Her bibliography consists of a duology, two trilogies, tetralogy, sextet, octalogy, and a 15-book literary series. There are a number of book series in Philippa Gregory’s bibliography. Incidentally, Philippa Gregory’s niche is particularly romance, literature, and fiction, especially historical fiction. As such, Gregory debuted in 1987 and her debut book, which is titled Wideacre, was written while studying for her PhD. Gregory is the recipient of an honorary degree that was proffered by the Middlesbrough-based Teeside University.Īccording to penwoman Philippa Gregory, her occupation as a historian augured well for her awareness of the Tudor era-this is the duration from 14- and prompted her to start writing novels. For her doctoral studies, Gregory attended the University of Edinburg wherein her doctoral degree relating to Eighteenth century literature.

A highly educated woman, Philippa Gregory went to the Brighton-based University of Sussex for her undergraduate studies wherein she pursued history.

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