The Secret Diary Of Anne Boleyn

Author : Robin Maxwell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781628724547

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The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell Pdf

Now available again, the first book in Robin Maxwell's acclaimed Elizabethan Quartet: "Wonderfully juicy . . . Maxwell brings all of bloody Tudor England vividly to life” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). One was queen for a thousand days; one for over forty years. Both were passionate, headstrong women, loved and hated by Henry VIII. Yet until the discovery of the secret diary, Anne Boleyn and her daughter, Elizabeth I, had never really met. Anne was the second of Henry's six wives, doomed to be beloved, betrayed, and beheaded. When Henry fell madly in love with her upon her return from an education at the lascivious French court, he was already a married man. While his passion for Anne was great enough to rock the foundation of England and of all Christendom, in the end he forsook her for another love, schemed against her, and ultimately had her sentenced to death. But unbeknownst to the king, Anne had kept a diary. At the beginning of Elizabeth 's reign, it is pressed into her hands. In reading it, the young queen discovers a great deal about her much-maligned mother: Anne's fierce determination, her hard-won knowledge about being a woman in a world ruled by despotic men, and her deep-seated love for the infant daughter taken from her shortly after her birth. In the journal's pages, Elizabeth finds an echo of her own dramatic life as a passionate young woman at the center of England's powerful male establishment, and with the knowledge gained from them, makes a resolution that will change the course of history.

Author : Philippa Gregory
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416560609

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The Other Boleyn Girl (Movie Tie-In) by Philippa Gregory Pdf

The daughters of a ruthlessly ambitious family, Mary and Anne Boleyn are sent to the court of Henry VIII to attract the attention of the king, who first takes Mary as his mistress, in which role she bears him an illegitimate son, and then Anne as his wife. Reprint. 250,000 first printing. (A Columbia Pictures film, written by Peter Morgan, directed by Justin Chadwick, releasing Fall 2007, starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, and others) (Historical Fiction)

Author : Robin Maxwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0780786637

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The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell Pdf

Author : Robin Maxwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Diary fiction
ISBN : 0739408615

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The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell Pdf

Author : Susan Bordo
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780547999524

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The Creation of Anne Boleyn by Susan Bordo Pdf

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.

Author : Robin Maxwell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2000-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780684857602

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The Queen's Bastard by Robin Maxwell Pdf

An exquisite sequel to "The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn", "Maxwell's second novel breathes extraordinary life into the scandals, political intrigue, and gut-wrenching battles that typified Queen Elizabeth's reign" ("Publishers Weekly").

Author : Robin Maxwell
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780451222091

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Mademoiselle Boleyn by Robin Maxwell Pdf

From the author of The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn comes a riveting portrait of Anne Boleyn’s youth and her unconventional education in the court of the King of France. When her father is assigned the task of spying on the French Court, the charming and sweetly innocent Anne Boleyn is delighted by the thought of a new adventure. And she is not to be disappointed, for her beautiful sister, Mary, has been handed a mission: to let herself be seduced by the King of France in order to uncover his secrets. Mesmerized by the thrilling passion, intrigue, and betrayal that unfolds, Anne discovers the power of being a woman who catches the eye of a powerful king. And, as she grows into a beautiful young woman, she undergoes her own sexual awakening, each daring exploit taking her one step closer to the life that is her destiny.

Author : Elizabeth Norton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1445612887

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The Anne Boleyn Papers by Elizabeth Norton Pdf

The complete letters, dispatches and chronicles that tell the real story of Anne Boleyn.

Author : Hayley Nolan
Publisher : Little A
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1542041120

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Anne Boleyn by Hayley Nolan Pdf

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

Author : Robin Maxwell
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611458299

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The Virgin Elizabeth by Robin Maxwell Pdf

Now available again, the third book in Robin Maxwell's acclaimed Elizabethan quartet, a Los Angeles Times bestseller called "Tense, absorbing, highly entertaining" by Library Journal A book of passion, of sixteenth-century England, of greed and political ambition unto death. Historians and novelists have written extensively about the various aspects of Queen Elizabeth I’s long, rich, and tumultuous life. No one has ever given us a fully realized portrait of the greatest English monarch as a young girl. Concluding her brilliant Tudor trilogy, Robin Maxwell enters this new territory by introducing Elizabeth as a romantic and vulnerable teenager dangerously awakening to sexuality with the wrong man. Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, was banished from the court at the age of two when her father sent Anne Boleyn to her death. Seven years later, when the gracious and immensely wealthy Catherine Parr became Henry’s sixth wife, she softened the King’s heart and Elizabeth was readmitted to the court. For the next four years the young princess enjoyed a warm friendship with Catherine and a new sense of belonging. In 1547, Great Harry is dead, and Elizabeth’s nine-year-old brother Edward VI is king in name only. Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, has boldly named himself Lord Protector and effectively seized power. Meanwhile the duke’s equally ambitious brother Thomas, realizing he cannot wrest control directly, has deployed his greatest talent—his charm and sexual magnetism—to utmost effect by persuading Henry’s widow Catherine to marry him. His real goal, however, is the late king’s daughter: Elizabeth herself. And so the game begins, one with rules that only reckless, amoral Thomas Seymour understands. Into this intrigue are drawn both those who love Elizabeth and those who wish her ill. In order to escape certain doom and achieve independence, Elizabeth must stand alone.

Author : Elizabeth Norton
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445606637

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Anne Boleyn by Elizabeth Norton Pdf

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.

Author : Elizabeth Benger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1821
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PSU:000072258170

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Memoirs of the Life of Anne Boleyn, Queen of Henry VIII. by Elizabeth Benger Pdf

Author : Carolly Erickson
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429904063

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The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson Pdf

Imagine that, on the night before she is to die under the blade of the guillotine, Marie Antoinette leaves behind in her prison cell a diary telling the story of her life—from her privileged childhood as Austrian Archduchess to her years as glamorous mistress of Versailles to the heartbreak of imprisonment and humiliation during the French Revolution. Carolly Erickson takes the reader deep into the psyche of France's doomed queen: her love affair with handsome Swedish diplomat Count Axel Fersen, who risked his life to save her; her fears on the terrifying night the Parisian mob broke into her palace bedroom intent on murdering her and her family; her harrowing attempted flight from France in disguise; her recapture and the grim months of harsh captivity; her agony when her beloved husband was guillotined and her young son was torn from her arms, never to be seen again. Erickson brilliantly captures the queen's voice, her hopes, her dreads, and her suffering. We follow, mesmerized, as she reveals every detail of her remarkable, eventful life—from her teenage years when she began keeping a diary to her final days when she awaited her own bloody appointment with the guillotine.

Author : Harriet Marsden
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781646041282

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Don't Lose Your Head by Harriet Marsden Pdf

Survive alongside Henry VIII’s ill-fated wives with this witty book of essential life advice, history, and trivia—perfect for fans of the hit musical Six. Get the inside scoop from some of the toughest women in English history, as ex-wives, mothers, and daughters of King Henry VIII dish out all their survival secrets in this humorous guide to life. With a bit of sarcasm and friendly charm, each of these legendary ladies explains how their sixteenth-century hard-earned lessons (from living with unstable men to stifling Tudor traditions) apply to twenty-first-century dating, marriage, and feminism. Written from the perspectives of each of the different women around Henry VIII, you’ll get the facts from the Queen Mother and the less-remembered but no less important Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and more. With must-know historical trivia alongside wise life advice, Don’t Lose Your Head is the perfect survival guide for fans obsessed with Broadway’s latest historical pop musical Six, as well as anyone fascinated by British royalty and culture.

Author : Wendy J. Dunn
Publisher : Wendy J Dunn
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Light of the Labyrinth by Wendy J. Dunn Pdf

N THE WINTER OF 1535, young Kate Carey lives with her mother and her new family, far from the royal court. Unhappy with her life and wanting to escape her home, she accepts the invitation of Anne Boleyn, the aunt she idolises, to join her household in London. But the dark, dangerous labyrinth of Henry VIII's court forces Kate to grow up fast as she witnesses her aunt's final tragic days - and when she discovers a secret that changes her life forever. All things must end-all things but love.