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My Lady of ClevesMy Lady of Cleves, BookA Novel of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves
by Barnes, Margaret CampbellBook - 2008Book, 2008
Added Nov 10, 2018
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Anne of Cleves, fourth queen to the much-married Henry VIII, is remembered for the king's swift rejection of her. My Lady of Cleves depicts Anne before her brief marriage, as a competent lady of her household in Germany; during, as she struggles to understand the vastly different customs of the English court and its ruler; and after, while she builds a new life for herself as "The King's Sister". All the while she holds tight to her friendship with Hans Holbein, painter of the portrait that made her a queen.Anne of Cleves, fourth queen to the much-married Henry VIII, is remembered for the king's swift rejection of her. My Lady of Cleves depicts Anne before her brief marriage, as a competent lady of her household in Germany; during, as she struggles to…
Added Nov 10, 2018
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A novel about the childhood and adolescence of Anne Boleyn, who will one day become Queen of England. Mademoiselle Boleyn takes a refreshingly new approach to the well-worn subject of Henry VIII's second queen; it focuses on Anne's youth in France and in the Netherlands, and the budding of her intellectualism and sexuality, rather than her later life at the center of the English court.A novel about the childhood and adolescence of Anne Boleyn, who will one day become Queen of England. Mademoiselle Boleyn takes a refreshingly new approach to the well-worn subject of Henry VIII's second queen; it focuses on Anne's youth in France…
Added Nov 10, 2018
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The story of the Boleyn women: Elizabeth, proud heiress to a noble family; Mary, continentally educated and mistress to two kings; and Anne, who will become Queen of England. Witness to events is the poet Thomas Wyatt, who is unhappily married but obsessed with Anne. What unfolds is the tale of a single family line, from the beginning of the Tudor dynasty to the end of the 17th century.
*Trigger warning for rape.*The story of the Boleyn women: Elizabeth, proud heiress to a noble family; Mary, continentally educated and mistress to two kings; and Anne, who will become Queen of England. Witness to events is the poet Thomas Wyatt, who is unhappily married but…