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Anne Boleyn, a king's obsession : a novel, Alison Weir

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Anne Boleyn, a king's obsession : a novel, Alison Weir

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eng

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genealogical tables

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Anne Boleyn

Oclc number

957598017

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Alison Weir

Series statement

Six Tudor queens

Sub title

a king's obsession : a novel

Summary

Henry VIII is risking his marriage and the political strategies of Cardinal Wolsey in his obsession to marry Anne Boleyn, who does not welcome the king's advances and loathes the cardinal for breaking her betrothal to Harry PercyAnne is barely a teenager when she is sent from her family's Hever Castle to serve at the royal court of the Netherlands. There, and later in France, Anne thrives. But her powerful family has ambitious plans for her future that override any wishes of her own. When the King of England himself, Henry VIII, asks Anne to be his mistress, she spurns his advances-- he is a married man who has already conducted an affair with her sister, Mary. This rejection only intensifies Henry's pursuit, tempting Anne even as it proves to be her undoing

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King's obsession

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