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The Boleyn Women: The Tudor Femmes Fatales Who Changed English History
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The Boleyn Women: The Tudor Femmes Fatales Who Changed English History

The Boleyn family appeared from nowhere at the end of the fourteenth century, moving from peasant to princess in only a few generations. The women of the family brought about its advancement, beginning with the heiresses Alice Bracton Boleyn, Anne Hoo Boleyn and Margaret Butler Boleyn who brought wealth and aristocratic connections. Then there was Elizabeth Howard Boleyn, who was rumoured to have been the mistress of Henry VIII, along with her daughter Mary and niece Madge, who certainly were.
 
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The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen
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The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious QueenThe Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen

Part biography, part cultural history, The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a fascinating reconstruction of Anne’s life and an illuminating look at her afterlife in the popular imagination. Why is Anne so compelling? Why has she inspired such extreme reactions? What did she really look like? Was she the flaxen-haired martyr of Romantic paintings or the raven-haired seductress of twenty-first-century portrayals? (Answer: neither.) And perhaps the most provocative questions concern Anne’s death more than her life. How could Henry order the execution of a once beloved wife?
 
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The Boleyns: The Rise & Fall of a Tudor Family
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The Boleyns: The Rise & Fall of a Tudor Family

A magnificent tale of family rivalry and intrigue set against Henry VIII's court. The fall of Anne Boleyn and her brother George is the classic drama of the Tudor era. The Boleyns had long been an influential English family. Sir Edward Boleyn had been Lord Mayor of London. His grandson, Sir Thomas had inherited wealth and position, and through the sexual adventures of his daughters, Mary and Anne, ascended to the peak of influence at court.
 
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The Lady in the Tower
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The Lady in the TowerThe Lady in the Tower

Acclaimed novelist and historian Weir continues to successfully mine the Tudor era, once again excavating literary gold. This time around, Anne Boleyn falls under her historical microscope.

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The Boleyn Inheritance By Philippa Gregory
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The Boleyn Inheritance By Philippa GregoryFrom the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Constant Princess

 

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