The Chateau of Briis

Name: The Chateau of Briis
Rating: 3.64 (296 reviews)

by Alison Weir Book 2.6 in the Six Tudor Queens series.

First published 2018

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At the French court in 1515, the young Anne Boleyn attends a magnificent ball and is invited to dance by Philippe du Moulin. Their encounter becomes an early lesson in attraction, reputation and the conventions of courtly love. The story places Anne before her return to England, showing the cultural confidence and emotional experience she acquired in France.

The French court provides Anne with an education in manners, dress, conversation and the careful management of appearance. Her encounter with Philippe is therefore more than a romance: it shows a young woman learning how attraction and reputation operate in a courtly society, experiences that will later matter when she enters the far more dangerous orbit of Henry VIII.