Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by bestselling historian Alison Weir,author of Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen,is the second captivating novel in the Six Tudor Queens series. An unforgettable portrait of the ambitious woman whose fate we know all too well,but whose true motivations may surprise you. Essential reading for fans of Philippa Gregory and Elizabeth Chadwick.
Fresh from the palaces of Burgundy and France,Anne draws attention at the English court,embracing the play of courtly love.
But when the King commands,nothing is ever a game.
Anne has a spirit worthy of a crown - and the crown is what she seeks. At any price.
Anne Boleyn. The second of Henry's Queens. Her story. History tells us why she died. This powerful novel shows her as she lived.
Six Tudor Queens. Six novels. Six years.
A bestselling novelist and popular historian,English author Alison Weir is best known for her novels and non-fiction centring on life around the Tudor court. Her non-fiction includes:Lancaster and York,The Lost Tudor Princess,Henry VIII,The Lady in the Tower,Isabella and Queens of the Conquest.Her novels include: Innocent Traitor,A Dangerous Inheritance and The Six Tudor Queens series.
Publisher: Headline Publishing GroupISBN: 9781472227669Number of pages: 544Weight: 382 gDimensions: 198 x 130 x 35 mm
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"Alison Weir's wonderfully detailed novel offers a spellbinding solution to the mystery of Anne's true nature...Enthralling." - Sarah Gristwood
"Weir's Boleyn is a highly intelligent idealist,who becomes the tragic victim of her own ambition...The novel is a triumph of fine detail and research and offers a complex depiction of an endlessly fascinating woman." - Elizabeth Fremantle
"Alison Weir makes history come alive as no one else." - Barbara Erskine
"Detailed,immaculately researched and convincing." - Antonia Senior,The Times
"Weir is excellent on the little details that bring a world to life." - Guardian
Alison Weir
A popular historian and novelist,British author Alison Weir is the author of non-fiction including Richard III and the Princes in the Tower,Elizabeth the Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God,Queen of England,Isabella: She-Wolf of France,Katherine Swynford,Queens of the Conquest and A Tudor Christmas. As a novelist,her works include Innocent Traitor,The Captive Queen,A Dangerous Inheritance and the Six Tudor Queens series. The latest novel in the sequence,Anna of Kleve,Queen of Secrets is published in May 2019.
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