Anne Boleyn: Henry VIII’s Obsession
Elizabeth Norton
Doomed queen of Henry VIII, mother to Elizabeth I, the epic story of Anne Boleyn.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. Alluring but not beautiful, Anne’s wit and poise won her numerous admirers at the English court, and caught the roving eye of King Henry. Anne was determined to shape her own destiny, first through a secret engagement to Henry Percy, the heir of the Earl of Northumberland, and later through her insistence on marriage with the king, after a long and tempestuous relationship as his mistress. Their love affair was as extreme as it was deadly, from Henry’s ‘mine own sweetheart’ to ‘cursed and poisoning whore’ her fall from grace was total.
Other books by Elizabeth Norton
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The Lives of Tudor Women
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The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor
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The Illustrated Six Wives of Henry VIII
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Elfrida: The First Crowned Queen of England
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The Boleyn Women: The Tudor Femmes Fatales Who Changed English History
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Bessie Blount: Mistress to Henry VIII
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England’s Queens: The Biography
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Anne Boleyn: In Her Own Words & the Words of Those Who Knew Her
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Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor Dynasty
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Anne of Cleeve’s: Henry VIII’s Discarded Bride
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Catherine Parr: Wife, widow, mother, survivor, the story of the last queen of Henry VIII
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She Wolves: Notorious Queens of England
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Jane Seymour: Henry VIII’s True Love
