Anne Boleyn : adultery, heresy, desire
Licence, Amy2018
Books
Find it!
Anne Boleyn, the femme fatale whose unconventional beauty inspired poets, and so entranced Henry VIII with her wit, allure and style that he was prepared to set aside his wife of over twenty years and risk his immortal soul. Her sister had already been the king's mistress, but the other Boleyn girl was to choose another path. For years the passionate lovers waited; did they really remain chaste? Did Anne love Henry, or was she a cunning career woman? Eventually replacing the long suffering Catherine of Aragon, Anne enjoyed a magnificent coronation and gave birth to the future Elizabeth I but her triumph was short lived. Why did she go from beloved consort to adulteress and traitor within a matter of weeks? What role did Thomas Cromwell and Jane Seymour of Wolf Hall play in Anne's demise? Was her fall one of the biggest sex scandals of her era, or the result of a political coup? This book is the most detailed account of Anne's life ever published, taking her from cradle to grave and beyond. Anne is vividly brought to life amid the colour, drama and the intimate secrets of the Tudor court.
Main title:
Anne Boleyn : adultery, heresy, desire / Amy Licence.
Author:
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley Publishing, 2018.
Collation:
479 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-472) and index.
Contents:
pt. One Ambitious and Capable Men -- One.The Boleyn Origins, 1420--1463 -- Two.From Commerce to Court, 1463--1505 -- Three.Anne's World, 1501--6 -- Four.Change, 1501--9 -- Five.A Courtier's Daughter, 1510--13 -- pt. Two European Polish -- Six.Burgundian Splendour, 1513--14 -- Seven.Among the Valois, 1514--15 -- Eight.French Renaissance, 1515--19 -- Nine.An Anglo-French Woman, 1519-20 -- Ten.Gold, 1520--21 -- pt. Three Lady in Waiting -- Eleven.Perseverance, 1522 -- Twelve.First Love, 1522--4 -- Thirteen.Hever, 1524--5 -- Fourteen.Return to Court, 1526 -- Fifteen.The King's Secret, 1527 -- pt. Four Anne's Ascendancy -- Sixteen.Love Letters, 1527 -- Seventeen.Turning Point, 1527--8 -- Eighteen.Anne and Wolsey, 1528 -- Nineteen.The Ideal Woman, 1528 -- Twenty.Anne the Heretic, 1528--9 -- pt. Five The King's Great Matter -- Twenty-One.Campeggio and the Legatine Court, 1529 -- Twenty-Two.Wolsey's Fall, 1529 -- Twenty-Three.Days Spent Waiting, 1530 -- Twenty-Four.Stalemate, 1531 -- Twenty-Five.Life with Henry, 1531--2 -- pt. Six Anne Triumphant -- Twenty-Six.The Return to France, 1532 -- Twenty-Seven.Queen at Last, 1533 -- Twenty-Eight.Elizabeth, 1533 -- Twenty-Nine.Disappointment, 1534 -- Thirty.Marriage as Battle, 1534--5 -- pt. Seven Thunder around the Throne -- Thirty-One.Change and Continuity, January--June 1535 -- Thirty-Two.Being Merry, June--September 1535 -- Thirty-Three.Progress and Reform, September--December 1535 -- Thirty-Four.The Last Spring, January--April 1536 -- Thirty-Five.The Net Closes, April--May 1536 -- Thirty-Six.Bloody Days, May 1536.
ISBN:
9781445677279
Dewey class:
942.052092942.052
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
BRN:
353389
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 942.052 BOL | Onloan - Due: 18 Oct 2024 |