Where to Start with Philippa Gregory
- Best entry point → Tidelands
- Best standalone → Boleyn Traitor: The new thrilling historical Sunday Times bestseller, from the internationally acclaimed author of THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
- What fans keep coming back to → The Other Boleyn Girl
- Best narrator for Philippa Gregory → Dark Tides
- Highest rated by listeners → Dawnlands (The Fairmile #3)
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The Other Boleyn Girl
The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels • Book 9
Narrated by Vanessa Kirby
★ 4.52 ABR Score (517.3K ratings)★ 4.09 Goodreads (515.4K) ★ 4.77 Audible (2.0K)22h 13m listening time • Released 2019 -
Dawnlands
The Fairmile • Book 3
Narrated by Louise Brealey
★ 4.11 ABR Score (9.4K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (9.0K) ★ 4.55 Audible (393)19h 43m listening time • Released 2022Louise Brealey's performance transforms this intricate Jacobean thriller into something hypnotic—her ability to shift between conflicted family members caught in impossible political choices makes the 19-hour listen feel inevitable rather than epic.
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Dark Tides
The Fairmile • Book 2
Narrated by Louise Brealey
★ 4.08 ABR Score (18.4K ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (17.3K) ★ 4.53 Audible (1.2K)17h 22m listening time • Released 2020Louise Brealey's sharp, layered performance transforms Gregory's tangled mystery of secrets and inheritance into something genuinely unputdownable—she makes you distrust every character's motives at once.
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Tidelands
The Fairmile • Book 1
Narrated by Louise Brealey
★ 4.05 ABR Score (35.2K ratings)★ 3.83 Goodreads (33.1K) ★ 4.46 Audible (2.1K)15h 29m listening time • Released 2019Louise Brealey's narration transforms this atmospheric 1648 marsh mystery into something genuinely haunting—she finds the quiet menace in every whispered accusation and builds Alinor's desperation into something unforgettable.
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Boleyn Traitor
The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels • Book 11
Narrated by Gemma Whelan
★ 3.91 ABR Score (10.1K ratings)★ 4.18 Goodreads (10.1K) ★ 5 Audible (2)19h 29m listening time • Released 2025 -
Boleyn Traitor: The new thrilling historical Sunday Times bestseller, from the internationally acclaimed author of THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL
Narrated by Gemma Whelan
★ 3.54 ABR Score (1 ratings)★ 5 Audible (1)19h 29m listening time • Released 2025
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