To Die For

De: Sandra Byrd

Narrado por: Charlotte Parry

With this brilliant foray into historical fiction, Christy Award finalist Sandra Byrd delivers a fresh look at Anne Boleyn through the eyes of her lifelong friend Meg Wyatt. As Anne finds favor with Henry VIII, Meg basks in the glow of Anne’s glory. But when Anne falls out of favor, the childhood friends are plunged into a maelstrom of slander and intrigue that tests the limits of their loyalties and puts their lives - and the lives of their loved ones - in grave danger.

©2011 Sandra Byrd (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC

I love this book

I like to learn more about Queen Anne Boleyn. I read everything I can about her

Charlotte Parry is WONDERFUL

This is a great story---an outsider's tale of the celebrity sensationalism (and real life tragedy) of the life of Anne Boleyn. And Charlotte Parry is quickly becoming one of my favorite narrators.

Wonderful

Who is this Charlotte the narrator?! She’s a gold mine of a talent!!! Thoroughly enjoyed the book and the performance.

Interesting new view of the Anne Boleyn story

This story is told to readers by Meg, a friend of Anne Boleyn. In real life, Byrd used the story of Anne's friend, Anne Gainsford who was reportedly in the Tower with her when she died, but the obvious confusion that could come in a book made her change the name to Meg. It's a wonderful work of fiction and a different take on history's bias.

Anne Boleyn is in the spotlights these days and I'm getting a bit tired of her, but this book is the story of one of her ladies-in-waiting so I was intrigued. It's a totally different portrayal of Anne, one that's not so much a seductress as one that is swept up in Henry VIII's vanity and obsession to get anything he wants. She's not exactly innocent but she's not the schemer she's usually portrayed as. And she has a big hand in the Reformation in England.

While we see the familiar story of Anne and Henry play out, we learn a lot about Meg, this girl who grew up near the Boleyns and was friends with a young Anne before she ran off to France and learn the art of seduction. You get a good understanding of how women were treated at the time, used as pawns, and how allowing a woman to be educated could create a lot of problems for the men in their lives because, God forbid, they can think for themselves.

Enjoyable read.

Review of To Die For.

This is a must read for Anne Boleyn fans. I liked the way the author told the story from Meg's point of view. I truly enjoyed this book. I also think the choice of narrator was excellent. She has a lovely voice to my ear.