The lady in the Tower : the fall of Anne Boleyn
Weir, Alison (Journalist)2009
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Total copies: 1
This is the compelling story of the last days of one of history's most charismatic, controversial and tragic heroines - Anne Boleyn. The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in May 1536 was unprecedented in English history. It was sensational in its day, and has exerted endless fascination over the minds of historians, novelists, dramatists, poets, artists and film-makers ever since. Anne was imprisoned in the Tower of London on 2 May 1536, and tried and found guilty of high treason on 15 May. Her supposed crimes included adultery with five men, one her own brother, and plotting the King's death. Mystery surrounds the circumstances leading up to her arrest. Was it Henry VIII who, estranged from Anne, instructed Master Secretary Thomas Cromwell to fabricate evidence to get rid of her so that he could marry Jane Seymour? Or did Cromwell, for reasons of his own, construct a case against Anne and her faction, and then present compelling evidence before the King? Or was Anne, in fact, guilty as charged? Never before has there been a book devoted entirely to Anne Boleyn's fall. Alison Weir has reassessed the evidence, demolished many romantic myths and popular misconceptions, and rewritten the story of Anne's fall, creating a richly researched and impressively detailed portrait of the dramatic last days of one of the most influential and important figures in English history.
Main title:
The lady in the Tower : the fall of Anne Boleyn / Alison Weir.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2009.
Collation:
xiii, 416 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map, ports. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Map on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780224063197 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.052092942.052
LC class:
DA333.B6
Language:
English
Subject:
Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536Queens -- England -- BiographyBiography & non-fiction proseHistoryBiography: royaltyc 1000 CE to c 1500England16th century, c 1500 to c 1599Biography: historical, political & militaryEuropean historyGreat Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547Biography
BRN:
189970