Frances Pierce, as one of Anne Boleyn's lady's maids, has a unique perspective on the conflict that brought her mistress to power, and then to her fall. Even as Anne comes into favor, then begins to fall from it when she fails to bear Henry a son, Frances' own fortunes wax and wane. Often driven to tears by the capricious royal moods, Frances suffers the good as ill with as much grace as possible. Even her own marriage lies under the cloud of the court.** It is difficult to define a true plotline in this story. Frances does provide a different sort of look at one of the most infamous love affairs of history. However, her own story is somewhat distracting from the more interesting royal one. **Amanda Killgore