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The Boleyn Secret

A Tudor secret that quietly changes the bond between two cousins.
Reading guide
The Boleyn Secret stands alone, so it is a good place to start for readers new to Alison Weir's Tudor fiction.
Kate Carey witnesses her aunt Anne Boleyn's execution at twelve, then serves her cousin Lady Elizabeth. Her marriage for love creates a rift, and a family secret surfaces when her mother is dying. Kate flees religious persecution abroad and returns when Elizabeth becomes queen, and the bond between the cousins is changed for ever.

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At twelve, Kate Carey watches her aunt, Queen Anne Boleyn, go to the scaffold, and she leaves convinced that Henry VIII has condemned an innocent woman to a terrible death. As the Boleyns fall from favour, Kate becomes a companion to her motherless cousin, the young Lady Elizabeth. The two girls grow as close as sisters until Kate marries for love and leaves a jealous Elizabeth behind.

Years later, the sly looks and whispers at court begin to unsettle Kate, and when her mother Mary lies dying, she learns a truth the Boleyns have kept hidden for years. Alison Weir follows Kate into exile during religious persecution and back home again when Elizabeth becomes queen, tracing a cousins' bond that one secret changes for good. It suits readers who enjoy Tudor history told through the women standing just behind the throne.

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