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Book In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn

Download or read book In the Footsteps of Anne Boleyn written by Sarah Morris and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The visitor's companion to the palaces, castles & houses associated with Henry VIII's infamous wife.

Book The Boleyns of Hever Castle

    Book Details:
  • Author : Owen Emmerson
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-08
  • ISBN : 9788412232561
  • Pages : 182 pages

Download or read book The Boleyns of Hever Castle written by Owen Emmerson and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel back to the 77 years of Boleyn ownership. Tour each room as it was when Anne Boleyn retreated from court to escape the advances of Henry VIII. See Hever Castle come to life with room reconstructions and read the story of the Boleyns.

Book The Creation of Anne Boleyn

Download or read book The Creation of Anne Boleyn written by Susan Bordo and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illuminating history examines the life and many legends of the 16th century Queen who was executed by her husband, King Henry VIII. Part biography, part cultural history, The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a fascinating reconstruction of Anne’s life and a revealing look at her afterlife in the popular imagination. Why is her story so compelling? Why has she inspired such extreme reactions? Was she the flaxen-haired martyr of Romantic paintings or the raven-haired seductress of twenty-first-century portrayals? (Answer: neither.) But the most provocative question of all concerns Anne’s death: How could Henry order the execution of a once beloved wife? Drawing on scholarship and critical analysis, Bordo probes the complexities of one of history’s most infamous relationships. She then demonstrates how generations of polemicists, biographers, novelists, and filmmakers have imagined and re-imagined Anne: whore, martyr, cautionary tale, proto “mean girl,” feminist icon, and everything in between. In The Creation of Anne Boleyn, Bordo steps off the well-trodden paths of Tudoriana to tease out the human being behind the competing mythologies, paintings, and on-screen portrayals.

Book Anne Boleyn in London

Download or read book Anne Boleyn in London written by Lissa Chapman and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of the doomed queen’s image and influence that provides “a detailed look at real life in Tudor England” (Manhattan Book Review). Romantic victim? Ruthless other woman? Innocent pawn? Religious reformer? Fool, flirt, and adulteress? Politician? Witch? During her life, Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s ill-fated second queen, was internationally famous—or notorious. Today, she still attracts passionate adherents and furious detractors. It was in London that most of the drama of Anne Boleyn’s life and death was played out, most famously in the Tower of London, the scene of her coronation celebrations, her trial, and her execution, and the place where her body lies buried. In her few years as a public figure, Anne Boleyn was influential as a patron of the arts and of French taste, as the center of a religious and intellectual circle, and for her purchasing power, both directly and as a leader of fashion. It was primarily to London, beyond the immediate circle of the court, that her carefully spun image as queen was directed during the public celebrations surrounding her coronation. In the centuries since Anne Boleyn’s death, her reputation has expanded to give her an almost mythical status in London, inspiring everything from pub names to music hall songs and novels—not to mention merchandise including pincushions with removable heads. Over fifty Twitter accounts use some version of her name. This book looks at both the effect London and its people had on the course of Anne Boleyn’s life and death—and the effects she had, and continues to have, on them.

Book The Lady in the Tower

Download or read book The Lady in the Tower written by Alison Weir and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly five hundred years after her violent death, Anne Boleyn, second wife to Henry VIII, remains one of the world's most fascinating, controversial, and tragic heroines. Now acclaimed historian and bestselling author Alison Weir has drawn on myriad sources from the Tudor era to give us the first book that examines, in unprecedented depth, the gripping, dark, and chilling story of Anne Boleyn's final days. The tempestuous love affair between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn scandalized Christendom and altered forever the religious landscape of England. Anne's ascent from private gentlewoman to queen was astonishing, but equally compelling was her shockingly swift downfall. Charged with high treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London in May 1536, Anne met her terrible end all the while protesting her innocence. There remains, however, much mystery surrounding the queen's arrest and the events leading up to it: Were charges against her fabricated because she stood in the way of Henry VIII making a third marriage and siring an heir, or was she the victim of a more complex plot fueled by court politics and deadly rivalry? The Lady in the Tower examines in engrossing detail the motives and intrigues of those who helped to seal the queen's fate. Weir unravels the tragic tale of Anne's fall, from her miscarriage of the son who would have saved her to the horrors of her incarceration and that final, dramatic scene on the scaffold. What emerges is an extraordinary portrayal of a woman of great courage whose enemies were bent on utterly destroying her, and who was tested to the extreme by the terrible plight in which she found herself. Richly researched and utterly captivating, The Lady in the Tower presents the full array of evidence of Anne Boleyn's guilt—or innocence. Only in Alison Weir's capable hands can readers learn the truth about the fate of one of the most influential and important women in English history. BONUS: This edition contains a The Lady in the Tower discussion guide and an excerpt from Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn.

Book The Obedience of a Christian Man

Download or read book The Obedience of a Christian Man written by William Tyndale and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-04-27 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the key foundation books of the English Reformation, The Obedience of a Christian Man (1528) makes a radical challenge to the established order of the all-powerful Church of its time. Himself a priest, Tyndale boldly claims that there is just one social structure created by God to which all must be obedient, without the intervention of the rule of the Pope. He argues that Christians cannot be saved simply by performing ceremonies or by hearing the Scriptures in Latin, which most could not understand, and that all should have access to the Bible in their own language - an idea that was then both bold and dangerous. Powerful in thought and theological learning, this is a landmark in religious and political thinking.

Book Elizabeth I  Penguin Monarchs

Download or read book Elizabeth I Penguin Monarchs written by Helen Castor and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers in a collectible format In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. The Virgin Queen ruled over a Golden Age: the Spanish Armada was defeated and England's enemies scattered; English explorers reached almost to the ends of the earth; a new Church of England rose from the ashes of past conflict, and the English Renaissance bloomed in the genius of Shakespeare, Spenser and Sidney. But the image is also armour. In this illuminating new account of Elizabeth's reign, Helen Castor shows how England's iconic queen was shaped by profound and enduring insecurity-an insecurity which was both a matter of practical political reality and personal psychology. From her precarious upbringing at the whim of a brutal, capricious father and her perilous accession after his death, to the religious division that marred her state and the failure to marry that threatened her line, Elizabeth lived under constant threat. But, facing down her enemies with a compellingly inscrutable public persona, the last and greatest of the Tudor monarchs would become a timeless, fearless queen.

Book The Lady in the Tower

Download or read book The Lady in the Tower written by Alison Weir and published by Emblem Editions. This book was released on 2010 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tempestuous love affair between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn scandalized Christendom and altered forever the religious landscape of England. Acclaimed historian and bestselling author Alison Weir draws on myriad sources from the Tudor era to examine, in unprecedented depth, the gripping, dark, and chilling story of Anne Boleyn's final days.

Book Anne Boleyn

Download or read book Anne Boleyn written by G. W. Bernard and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Review: "In this groundbreaking new biography, G.W. Bernard offers a fresh portrait of one of England's most captivating queens. Through a wide-ranging forensic examination of sixteenth-century sources, Bernard reconsiders Boleyn's girlhood, her experience at the French court, the nature of her relationship with Henry and the authenticity of her evangelical sympathies. He depicts Anne Boleyn as a captivating, intelligent and highly sexual woman whose attractions Henry resisted for years until marriage could ensure legitimacy for their offspring." "He shows that it was Henry, not Anne, who developed the ideas that led to the break with Rome. And, most radically, he argues that the allegations of adultery that led to Anne's execution in the Tower could he close to the truth."--BOOK JACKET

Book Anne Boleyn

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elizabeth Norton
  • Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
  • Release : 2008-11-15
  • ISBN : 1445606631
  • Pages : 279 pages

Download or read book Anne Boleyn written by Elizabeth Norton and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anne Boleyn was the most controversial and scandalous woman ever to sit on the throne of England. From her early days at the imposing Hever Castle in Kent, to the glittering courts of Paris and London, Anne caused a stir wherever she went.

Book The King s Pearl

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  • Author : Melita Thomas
  • Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
  • Release : 2017-09-15
  • ISBN : 1445661268
  • Pages : 571 pages

Download or read book The King s Pearl written by Melita Thomas and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A re-examination of Henry VIII's eldest daughter, Mary, and her relationship with her father.

Book Anne Boleyn

Download or read book Anne Boleyn written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Anne Boleyn: the most happy is an artist's book about the life of Anne Boleyn, specifically focused on the visual interpretation of her relationship with King Henry VIII"--Accompanying volume, unnumbered page 3.

Book Notices of the Historic Persons Buried in the Chapel of St  Peter Ad Vincula

Download or read book Notices of the Historic Persons Buried in the Chapel of St Peter Ad Vincula written by Doyne Courtenay Bell and published by London : J. Murray. This book was released on 1877 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Anne Boleyn

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  • Author : Howard Brenton
  • Publisher : NHB Modern Plays
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 9781848420991
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Anne Boleyn written by Howard Brenton and published by NHB Modern Plays. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commissioned specially for Shakespeare's Globe, Howard Brenton's epic new play that premeired there in July 2010.

Book Anne Boleyn

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hayley Nolan
  • Publisher : Little A
  • Release : 2019-12
  • ISBN : 9781542041126
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Anne Boleyn written by Hayley Nolan and published by Little A. This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold new analysis of one of history's most misrepresented women. History has lied. Anne Boleyn has been sold to us as a dark figure, a scheming seductress who bewitched Henry VIII into divorcing his queen and his church in an unprecedented display of passion. Quite the tragic love story, right? Wrong. In this electrifying expos , Hayley Nolan explores for the first time the full, uncensored evidence of Anne Boleyn's life and relationship with Henry VIII, revealing the shocking suppression of a powerful woman. So leave all notions of outdated and romanticised folklore at the door and forget what you think you know about one of the Tudors' most notorious queens. She may have been silenced for centuries, but this urgent book ensures Anne Boleyn's voice is being heard now. #TheTruthWillOut

Book The Fall of Anne Boleyn

Download or read book The Fall of Anne Boleyn written by Claire Ridgway and published by Madeglobal Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-07 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the spring of 1536 in Tudor England, events conspire to bring down Anne Boleyn, the Queen of England. The coup against the Queen results in the brutal executions of six innocent people - Anne Boleyn herself, her brother, and four courtiers - and the rise of a new Queen. Drawing on sixteenth century letters, eye witness accounts and chronicles, Claire Ridgway leads the reader through the sequence of chilling events one day at a time, telling the true story of Anne Boleyn's fall. The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown is presented in a diary format, allowing readers to dip in, look up a particular date, or read from start to finish. Special features include mini biographies of those involved, a timeline of events and full referencing. - Why was Anne Boleyn executed? - Who was responsible for Anne Boleyn's fall? - Was Anne Boleyn's execution a foregone conclusion and was she framed? Claire Ridgway, creator of The Anne Boleyn Files website and best-selling author of The Anne Boleyn Collection & On This Day in Tudor History, continues her mission to share the truth about Anne Boleyn.

Book A Tudor Story  The Return of Anne Boleyn

Download or read book A Tudor Story The Return of Anne Boleyn written by afterwards PAKENHAM-WALSH WALSH (William Sandford) and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: