# The Favored Queen

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{{Short description|Historical fiction novel}}
{{Italic title}}

{{Infobox book
| author            = [Carolly Erickson](/source/Carolly_Erickson)
| published         = 2011
| genre             = [Historical fiction](/source/Historical_fiction)
| preceded_by       = [Rival to the Queen](/source/Rival_to_the_Queen) (2010)
| followed_by       = [The Unfaithful Queen](/source/The_Unfaithful_Queen) (2012)
| image             = File:The_Favored_Queen.jpg
}}

'''''The Favored Queen''''' is a 2011 historical fiction novel by [Carolly Erickson](/source/Carolly_Erickson).

== Plot summary ==
The book follows [Jane Seymour](/source/Jane_Seymour), maid-of-honor to Queen [Catherine of Aragon](/source/Catherine_of_Aragon). Jane witnesses Catherine's fall from grace as her husband King [Henry VIII](/source/Henry_VIII) divorces her in favor of [Anne Boleyn](/source/Anne_Boleyn). Jane serves Queen Anne as her own romance with Henry begins.

== Reception ==
The book received mixed reviews from critics, some of whom praised it for its prose<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Favored Queen: A Novel of Henry VIII's Third Wife by Carolly Erickson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780312596903 |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Publishers Weekly}}</ref> and entertaining story<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/carolly-erickson/favored-queen/ |title=THE FAVORED QUEEN|website= Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref> while others felt it was historically inaccurate and criticized the characterization of Jane.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carolly |first=Erickson |title=The Favored Queen |url=https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-favored-queen-a-novel-of-henry-viiis-third-wife |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Library Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Favored Queen |url=https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-favored-queen/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Historical Novel Society}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-04 |title=Book Review: The Favored Queen |url=https://www.stevedonoghue.com/review-archives/book-review-the-favored-queen |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Steve Donoghue |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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Category:2011 novels
Category:Novels set in Tudor England
Category:Cultural depictions of Jane Seymour
Category:Cultural depictions of Anne Boleyn
Category:Cultural depictions of Catherine of Aragon
Category:Cultural depictions of Henry VIII

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