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The Boleyn Secret

by Alison Weir

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Katherine Carey, daughter of Mary Boleyn, witnesses the execution of her aunt Anne and grows up close to Anne’s daughter, the future Elizabeth I. Their bond carries Katherine through the dangerous changes of the Tudor succession, religious persecution and exile, but marriage and the demands of royal service complicate their friendship. A revelation from Katherine’s dying mother forces her to question her own parentage and her place within the Boleyn family. Spanning the courts of Henry VIII, Mary I and Elizabeth I, the novel follows a woman who survives by guarding both family and political secrets while remaining close to the centre of Tudor power.

Historical periods

Tudor Period Reign of Henry VIII Henrician Reformation Edwardian Reformation Mary I and the Counter-Reformation Elizabethan Age Elizabethan Religious Settlement Renaissance & Early Modern Europe

Historical people

Henry VIII1491–1547 Anne Boleyn1501–1536 Mary I1516–1558 Mary Boleyn1499–1543 Elizabeth I1533–1603 William Careyc. 1490s–1528 William Stafford1508–1556 Catherine Carey1523–1569 Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon1526–1596 Francis Knollys1514–1596

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