This Novel was my first taste of Ms.Gregory's superb works of historical fiction. The time is of Henry VIII, and his whirlwind courtship and marriage to Miss Anne Boleyn of France/England. Though this tale is more than that, it also tells of a family struggle, and how two sisters are torn apart through family ambition. With just the right amount of historical correctness this tale spins off into a highly likely explanation of one the world's greatest romances.