The sweetest part is surely the youth of Anne Boleyn, when she was sent to the court of Margaret of Habsurg and then to the Queen Claudia of France, spouse of Frances I. Her daily progress was thus paved with conjectures, intrigues and calculations of interest but unfortunately always accompanied by envy, anxiety and real states of neurosis. but for the idea of being her Queen, sharing the power over everything.
I am amazed here, how Alison Weir has always managed to remain firmly attached to the historical truth, all the events, the historical characters, the places but above all the epistolary exchanges here often reported, are not the result of a structure romanticized and invented, but historical and truthful canvas of what happened in 1530.Īnne Boleyn is a woman devoured by the thirst for power, she will accept the courtship of Henry, not for an answer of love and affection to him. I was surprised to appreciate the second volume of the "Queens of Henry VIII" so moving and wonderful was the figure of Catherine of Aragon, I never thought I’d get to the end of this second volume and feel pity and compassion for this particular woman, Anne Boleyn. It seems to me that a century has passed since the last book i reviewed here on GR, after weeks of nightmare where I could no longer pick up anything to read, it seems a paradox, being in lockdown here in Milano, and not being able to pass the time reading, I am happy now to review this excellent book. 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. Never before has there been a book devoted entirely to Anne Boleyn's fall. 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?
Mystery surrounds the circumstances leading up to her arrest. Her supposed crimes included adultery with five men, one her own brother, and plotting the King's death. 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.Īnne was imprisoned in the Tower of London on, and tried and found guilty of high treason on 15 May. The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in May 1536 was unprecedented in English history.
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