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Anne Boleyn

by Alison Weir Book 2 in the Six Tudor Queens series.

First published 2017

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4.1(13,194)

Anne Boleyn’s education in the Netherlands and France gives her intellectual confidence, religious curiosity and an acute awareness of the restrictions placed on women. Returning to England, she resists Henry VIII’s demand that she become his mistress and instead becomes the focus of his campaign to end his first marriage. The novel follows Anne from ambitious courtier to queen, tracing the political enemies, failed pregnancies and royal suspicion that lead to her fall.

Historical Periods

Henrician Reformation1530–1547 CE Early Modern France1498–1789 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Dynastic & Royal Fiction

Historical people

Henry VIII1491–1547 Catherine of Aragon1485–1536 Anne Boleyn1501–1536 Jane Seymour1508–1537 Thomas Wolsey1473–1530 Mary Boleyn1499–1543 Thomas Cromwell1485–1540 Elizabeth I1533–1603

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