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    Mademoiselle Boleyn
    Mademoiselle Boleyn
    Mademoiselle Boleyn
    Audiobook13 hours

    Mademoiselle Boleyn

    Written by Robin Maxwell

    Narrated by Suzan Crowley

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    About this audiobook

    From the author of The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn comes a riveting portrait of Anne Boleyn's youth and her unconventional education in the court of the King of France.

    When her father is assigned the task of spying on the French Court, the charming and sweetly innocent Anne Boleyn is delighted by the thought of a new adventure. And she is not to be disappointed, for her beautiful sister, Mary, has been handed a mission: to let herself be seduced by the King of France in order to uncover his secrets.

    Mesmerized by the thrilling passion, intrigue, and betrayal that unfolds, Anne discovers the power of being a woman who catches the eye of a powerful king. And, as she grows into a beautiful young woman, she undergoes her own sexual awakening, each daring exploit taking her one step closer to the life that is her destiny.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateDec 18, 2012
    ISBN9781469204239
    Mademoiselle Boleyn
    Author

    Robin Maxwell

    Robin Maxwell began writing novels about the historical figures she had been obsessing about since graduating from Tufts University with a degree in Occupational Therapy. Her bestselling first novel The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn,  won two YA awards and has been translated into fourteen languages. The Wild Irish —an epic tale of Ireland's rebel queen, Grace O'Malley—closed out her Elizabethan Quartet and is now in development for a television series. Signora Da Vinci and Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan are tales of the remarkable women behind two of the world's most beloved wildmen, Maestro Leonardo and Lord Greystoke. Robin lives with her husband of forty years, yogi Max Thomas, at High Desert Eden, a wildlife sanctuary in the Mojave Desert.

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    • 4/5
      Listened to the audiobook and found it very engaging because the narrator was exceptional. In fact, the narration added an extra star or two. Maxwell’s take on a young Anne is imaginative and interesting. I do think it was a gross exaggeration of the importance of Ms. Boleyn in the French court at such a young age and low peerage but it was a well told tale. As far as historical fiction goes this book is a great departure on Anne Boleyn’s normally wretched presentation as a manipulative b*tch in Henry’s court. I liked this take on a young Anne and her experiences that foreshadow the events in her life as Queen of England.

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    • 5/5
      Very interesting
      Well read
      I enjoyed the book Dry much
    • 4/5
      A good book. It was refreshing, as I have read quite a bit about Anne Boleyn and her fall from grace. This novel deals with her life in France, before she ever sets eyes on Henry VIII.
    • 3/5
      Light, engaging, and well-paced. The author outright says that she is attempting to present Anne in a sympathetic light in reaction to the near universal condemnation Anne typically finds. It is a take I enjoyed, even if Anne thus comes off a little "too good to be true." I think the truth lies somewhere in between. Maxwell does give good foundation to Anne's reformationist leanings via her upbringing in the French court, and it is a good story/theory about how Anne became so independent-minded.
    • 4/5
      A new take on the same tired old story: Anne Boleyn during her formative years, showing all the things that made her into the extraordinary woman she would become. I quite enjoyed this perspective, which was not one I had read before. I didn't really like Maxwell's previous Boleyn novel, but in this one I think she learned much from her previous mistakes, though she still overuses italics.Although the story was at times a little implausible -- I find it hard to believe that a little girl could attract that kind of attention from so many important people including Leonardo Da Vinci -- I think it's a good illustration of the forces at work in Anne's life, especially the way women were treated. I would recommend it to anyone who is already well-versed in the story of her later life.
    • 4/5
      This book is a historical fiction novel which focuses on the infamous Anne Boleyn. Robin Maxwell takes a different approach, focuses on Anne Boleyn's life in France before she moved back to England to later become Henry VIII's Queen. The book in fact ends with Anne Boleyn meeting Henry VIII. This book shows in the beginning a young Anne Boleyn learning the ways of court as well as the ways of men and women. It shows a nicer, kinder, less manipulative side to the future Queen. The book is interesting and it is a quick read. It does have a few "love scenes" in it which are a little graphic for a historical fiction novel. I would not recommend this book for young readers but it's a great novel for young adults and adults alike.
    • 3/5
      Very disappointing. Told in first person, the novel follows the years that Anne Boleyn is in France at the court of Francois (Francis I) and Queen Claude. Anne seems a tad "too good to be true" - so intelligent, so righteous, etc. Her sister Mary is portrayed as a flirt and a whore. Having never read anything about the French court at that time, I found some of that information interesting.
    • 5/5
      Intriguing, well paced, historical novel about the early life of Anne Boleyn in the French court. It traces the history of Anne and her sister Mary who are sent by their ambitious and calculating father across the English Channel…What happens to them, their interactions with other historical figures, Anne’s first glimpse of the political and social implications of sex and her education about court life and intrigues provides the basis for her later life in the court of Henry VIII. Well researched and fascinating – a must for English history and Tudor fans.