The Boleyn Bride

Brandy Purdy’s historical fiction book “The Boleyn Bride” is engrossing. It chronicles Elizabeth Howard’s journey from joyous young bride to disillusioned mother of her husband. Elizabeth must manage some suitors while raising her three children, Mary, George, and Anne, after being forced to wed Thomas Boleyn, a wealthy commoner. Her life takes strange turns when Henry VIII ascends to the throne, and the Boleyn family’s prosperity is in jeopardy.