Katherine K. Carlisle

Love this book — format is great. Narration is great.

Revisado: 05-21-23

I’m familiar with Gareth Russell’s work on the Tudors through the Tudor Society. Was thrilled to see he was doing work on a subject in the 20th/21st century. Love the anecdotes and some were new to me. Cheer’s on this great work!

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Farrow is a real soldier for the underdog.

Revisado: 10-23-19

I listened with astonishment when Farrow’s first stories were released. I doubted I’d have much more to learn from the book, but wanted to give it a go anyway.

What an intense and astonishing journey he and people like McCue (Sp?) endured. Thank God for the New Yorker. So impressed with Farrow’s ability to see this through and thankful his relationship survived.

I would have liked the book without the narrations that included the accents and feminine voices performances. Some were just distracting from the story itself.

Looking forward to his next discoveries in future investigative pieces.

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Fascinating, well researched, and great narration.

Revisado: 01-19-16

Would you listen to The Fall of Anne Boleyn again? Why?

Absolutely love the story and it's excellent research. The narration and story transport you back to Hampton Court and the Tower of London. One feels the angst the courtiers must have felt back in the 1500s.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Anne Boleyn, but I'm obsessed. Claire's excellent work both in her books and on her Anne Boleyn Files and Tudor Society websites given me a new and reasonable perspective on Anne and her time. She is not a victim, but she's not the common homewrecker many have assumed she was. There is so much more to her and Claire takes you there with facts, insights, and clarity that you can believe in.

Have you listened to any of Claire Ridgway’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes - I listened to "The Truth in the Line" By Melanie Taylor about Tudor Era Miniaturist Nicholas Hilliard (wonderful Read!) and the "Anne Boyelyn Collection" another of Claire's books on the Tudors in Anne's time. Both make me feel as if I am sitting in one of the court palaces as an observer of people and places hundreds of years ago.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

You've heard the story. Now behold the truth.

Any additional comments?

Often authors mold history to make reading more provocative --- think The Other Boleyn Girl. Sadly these dramatizations often become conventional wisdom. Claire Ridgeway recognizes that truth told can be better than fiction. Henry VIII and his times were fascinating without the creative adjustments. Claire's research and primary source documents with reasonable inferences based on the times and the customs are far more interesting, human, and will stand the test of time.

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