If like me you're a bit of a Boleyn junkie and have enjoyed Phillippa Gregory's novels on the theme, you will be fascinated by this factual defence of the role Lady Rochford played in the downfall of two of Henry VIII's wives. She makes a satisfying villain but it seems that truth is more prosaic than fiction and that far from being scheming and vindictive she was as much a victim as her royal mistresses.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 49 January 2009 ) |
