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I feel the need for rage...
Oct. 13th, 2006 01:05 pm(![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
juleskicks, feel free to join me in the historical accuracy screaming)
I stupidly clicked on that 'lookit the new book' link on amazon when trying to find the track listing for a cd. Same author as did The Other Boleyn Girl, which is due to be made into a film with Scarlett Johanssen. The book they were advertising looked boring, so I clicked on the link to The Other Boleyn Girl, to find out if it was any good, since it's regularly in the 'ridiculously popular historical romance' bit. Read the reviews and synopsis and proceeded to gape, all historical accuracy sensibilities offended and doing the headdesk at peoples' stupidity.
See, it's about Mary Boleyn. Anne Boleyn's (possibly) elder sister. BBC and Wikipedia pages, respectively.
About how she was shoved at Henry VIII at 13, told to shut up and open her legs, all because of the ambition of her parents and OMG the evil and helpless pawn that she was and was FORCED to bear his children while the WICKED Anne schemed in the background to become queen and Mary was cast aside, still preggers and how Mary is a mere naive PAWN subject to the lusts of Henry and is pure-hearted and....
Half the reviews are 'Omg, I never knew this, and I've learned so much history'
...I'm sorry, REWIND. Mary Boleyn. This would be the same Mary Boleyn who went as part of Mary Tudor's retinue to Louis XII's court, then had a load of affairs, including with the next king, Francois I, and actually got kicked out of France in disgrace because she was having so many affairs and her indiscretion? Then joined Catherine of Aragon's retinue, became Henry's mistress, got dumped a couple of years later (and yes, really was only about 2-3) and married off. Kids born *after* she got married. Almost certainly her husband's, because Henry's previous track record with sons - she had one in 1526, several years after the affair ended - was to acknowledge said son and give them title and lands.
Yes, the Boleyns and Howards were scheming bastards. You've at least got *that* right.
I must go and stab all authors who do this.
juleskicks, feel free to join me in the historical accuracy screaming)I stupidly clicked on that 'lookit the new book' link on amazon when trying to find the track listing for a cd. Same author as did The Other Boleyn Girl, which is due to be made into a film with Scarlett Johanssen. The book they were advertising looked boring, so I clicked on the link to The Other Boleyn Girl, to find out if it was any good, since it's regularly in the 'ridiculously popular historical romance' bit. Read the reviews and synopsis and proceeded to gape, all historical accuracy sensibilities offended and doing the headdesk at peoples' stupidity.
See, it's about Mary Boleyn. Anne Boleyn's (possibly) elder sister. BBC and Wikipedia pages, respectively.
About how she was shoved at Henry VIII at 13, told to shut up and open her legs, all because of the ambition of her parents and OMG the evil and helpless pawn that she was and was FORCED to bear his children while the WICKED Anne schemed in the background to become queen and Mary was cast aside, still preggers and how Mary is a mere naive PAWN subject to the lusts of Henry and is pure-hearted and....
Half the reviews are 'Omg, I never knew this, and I've learned so much history'
...I'm sorry, REWIND. Mary Boleyn. This would be the same Mary Boleyn who went as part of Mary Tudor's retinue to Louis XII's court, then had a load of affairs, including with the next king, Francois I, and actually got kicked out of France in disgrace because she was having so many affairs and her indiscretion? Then joined Catherine of Aragon's retinue, became Henry's mistress, got dumped a couple of years later (and yes, really was only about 2-3) and married off. Kids born *after* she got married. Almost certainly her husband's, because Henry's previous track record with sons - she had one in 1526, several years after the affair ended - was to acknowledge said son and give them title and lands.
Yes, the Boleyns and Howards were scheming bastards. You've at least got *that* right.
I must go and stab all authors who do this.
