This is an Online Internet Book Club on The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn) by Philippa Gregory. Discuss this book, share your thoughts, make comments, ask questions, offer responses...
Description
The National BestsellerIn the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen. One woman hears the tidings with utter dread. She is Amy Dudley, wife of Sir Robert, and she knows that Elizabeth's ambitious leap to the throne will draw her husband back to the center of the glamorous Tudor court, where he was born to be.
Elizabeth's excited triumph is short-lived. She has inherited a bankrupt country where treason is rampant and foreign war a certainty. Her faithful advisor William Cecil warns her that she will survive only if she marries a strong prince to govern the rebellious country, but the one man Elizabeth desires is her childhood friend, the ambitious Robert Dudley. As the young couple falls in love, a question hangs in the air: can he really set aside his wife and marry the queen? When Amy is found dead, Elizabeth and Dudley are suddenly plunged into a struggle for survival.
Philippa Gregory's The Virgin's Lover answers the question about an unsolved crime that has fascinated detectives and historians for centuries. Intelligent, romantic, and compelling, The Virgin's Lover presents a young woman on the brink of greatness, a young man whose ambition exceeds his means, and the wife who cannot forgive them.
Book Club Questions for The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn) (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn) (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn):
- Did Philippa Gregory emphasize any specific themes throughout The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn)? What do you think Philippa Gregory is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn) and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn)? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn) reveal Philippa Gregory's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Philippa Gregory is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn) affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Philippa Gregory's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn) (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn) (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn):
- Did Philippa Gregory make persuasive arguments in The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn)? Did The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn) change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn)?
- How does Philippa Gregory present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Philippa Gregory biased within The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn)? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does The Virgin's Lover (Boleyn) make you want to read next? Why?
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