Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I

Name: Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I
Rating: 4.5 (1078 reviews)

by Tracy Borman

First published 2023

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Elizabeth was not yet three years old when her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed and her parents’ marriage was annulled. Henry VIII’s government tried to erase Anne’s status, leaving the future queen with only fragments of a maternal legacy. Tracy Borman reconstructs Anne’s political, religious and cultural influence and examines what Elizabeth could have learned about the woman whose downfall had made her illegitimate.

The book argues that Anne’s memory remained important to Elizabeth’s identity and style of rule. Her caution over marriage, management of royal image, Protestant settlement and determination to govern in her own right are considered alongside the dangers that had destroyed her mother. The United States edition was issued as Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Forever Changed British History.