the Other Boleyn Girl: million copy bestselling novel that reinvented historical fiction

*Pre-order Royal Witch, Philippa Gregory's new novel now. Coming October 2026* *Pre-order Royal Witch, Philippa Gregory's new novel now. Coming October 2026* Two sisters. One king. A court built on desire and betrayal. When Mary Boleyn comes to court she is invisible, until she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Stepping into a world of privilege and danger, she becomes his mistress. But when her ambitious sister Anne arrives, determined to win the king’s heart for herself, Mary risks losing everything. One sister longs to escape. The other is determined to rise. Which Boleyn girl will survive the court of a tyrant? ‘Gregory has popularised Tudor history perhaps more than any other living fiction writer’ Sunday Times ‘Philippa Gregory is truly the mistress of the historical novel. It would be hard to make history more entertaining, lively or engaging’ Sunday Express