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Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by bestselling historian Alison Weir, author of Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, is the second captivating novel in the Six Tudor Queens series. An unforgettable portrait of the ambitious woman whose fate we know all too well, but whose true motivations may surprise you. Essential reading for fans of Philippa Gregory and Elizabeth Chadwick.
'A triumph of fine detail and research and offers a complex depiction of an endlessly fascinating woman' Elizabeth Fremantle
'Anne Boleyn as you have never seen her before. I could not put it down' Tracy Borman
'Alison Weir makes history come alive as no one else' Barbara Erskine
The young woman who changed the course of history.
Fresh from the palaces of Burgundy and France, Anne draws attention at the English court, embracing the play of courtly love.
But when the King commands, nothing is ever a game.
Anne has a spirit worthy of a crown - and the crown is what she seeks. At any price.
ANNE BOLEYN. The second of Henry's Queens. Her story.
History tells us why she died. This powerful novel shows her as she lived.
SIX TUDOR QUEENS. SIX NOVELS. SIX YEARS.
The third novel in Alison Weir's spellbinding Six Tudor Queens series: Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen - coming May 2018
Praise for Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession:
'Alison Weir has brought English history's most famous 'other woman' compellingly to life' Linda Porter
'Detailed, immaculately researched and convincing' The Times
'Weir's outstanding and sound historical research shines through, shedding new light on England's most controversial queen' Nicola Tallis
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781472227621
Number of pages: 544
Weight: 836 g
Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 48 mm
This is not the story of Anne Boleyn which I expected. Cleverly, Weir doesn't give us the obvious - Anne as seductress or Anne as pawn in parental plan - but a highly original view of a much written-about woman.... More
This is a fictional account, written by historian Alison Weir, of the life of Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII. I found it a curiously distant book, which was no doubt well researched but did not show as much... More
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