The Other Boleyn Girl Allusions

Historical References

Pretty much everyone in this book is a real-life figure. Here are the most prominent ones:

• Anne Boleyn
• Henry VIII
• Katherine of Aragon
• Jane Seymour
• Mary I
• Elizabeth I (appears as a baby. Aww, what a cute little queen.)

These people are real, but historians known very little about them, giving Philippa Gregory lots of freedom to invent their stories:

• Mary Boleyn
• George Boleyn
• Madge Shelton
• Lady Jane Rochford
• William Carey
• William Stafford

Aside from the historical figures who are main and supporting characters in this novel, the following historical figures make cameos throughout:

• Martin Luther
• Thomas More
• Oliver Cromwell
• Cardinal Wolsey