The Lady in the Tower

Name: The Lady in the Tower
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by Jean Plaidy Book 4 in the A Queens of England Novel series.

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Anne Boleyn returns to the English court after years in France and quickly attracts the attention of Henry VIII. Her family hopes that royal favour will advance their fortunes, but Henry’s determination to end his marriage to Catherine of Aragon transforms Anne from a courtly fascination into the centre of a national political and religious crisis.

As Henry pursues an annulment and eventually breaks with Rome, Anne’s position rises from maid of honour to queen. Yet the same court politics that made her powerful leave her dangerously dependent on producing a male heir and retaining the king’s affection. The novel follows Anne’s ascent and collapse through the rivalries, ambitions and accusations that culminate in her imprisonment in the Tower and execution.