The fall of Anne Boleyn
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"THE LADY IN THE TOWER - The Fall of Anne Boleyn" By Alison
Weir (Amazon.com: http://xrl.us/LadyT )
With �The Lady in the Tower,� Alison Weir inserts herself
into the scrum of historians eager to interpret Anne
Boleyn�s story. Ms. Weir is no stranger to this crowded
realm. She has already written �The Six Wives of Henry
VIII� (Anne was the second); �Henry VIII: The King and His
Court� (Anne played an active role in court intrigue);
�Children of Henry VIII� (Anne bore him one, a daughter);
and �The Life of Elizabeth I� (that daughter grew up to be
Elizabeth I, aka the Virgin Queen). She has also written
numerous additional works about British royalty.
So why another? Because this time Ms. Weir sets out to
study one four-month period at particularly close range and
to search for the truth by examining primary sources. The
narrow range of �The Lady in the Tower� extends from the
death of Anne�s predecessor, Katherine of Aragon, in
January of 1536 to Anne�s beheading in May of that year.
Ms. Weir takes an investigative approach to the forces that
toppled Anne from favor and led to her trial and
execution...
Continued: http://xrl.us/LTower
Singanas@Texasgulfcoast
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I saw the recent film about Anne Boleyn and her sister.
Our English history books would be different if Anne had
produced a male heir instead of Elizabeth. OTOH one
could say history could have made a turn for the worse if
a wise female monarch like Elizabeth had not reigned.
The bottom line is that Anne died for a better England.
Cheers, David H
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So did she die happy!
If she hadn't died Liz would (possibly) still have been Queen.
Surreyman