Hunting the falcon : Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the marriage that shook Europe
by Guy, John, 1952 November 17- (Author), Fox, Julia (Author)
Summary
Based on new research, this history of Henry VIII's courtship, short union, and brutal execution of Anne Boleyn provides dispels previously held myths about Boleyn's role in the marriage. Full description
Summary: |
Based on new research, this history of Henry VIII's courtship, short union, and brutal execution of Anne Boleyn provides dispels previously held myths about Boleyn's role in the marriage. Henry VIII's obsessive desire for Anne Boleyn changed him--and his country--forever. Guy and Fox set the facts--and some complete new finds-- into an appreciation of his misunderstood and underestimated women. They explore how Anne organized her "side" on the royal court on novel and (in male eyes) subversive lines compared to her queenly predecessors. Guy and Fox take readers inside a thrilling and tragic story of a marriage that has held enduring fascination over the centuries. -- adapted from jacket |
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Physical Description: |
xxxiii, 581 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), genealogical tables ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-550) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780063073449 0063073447 |
Author Notes: |
Guy's book My Heart is My Own: the life of Mary Queen of Scots (Harper Perennial, 2004) won the 2004 Whitbread Biography Award, the Marsh Biography Award, was a finalist in the USA for the 2004 Biography/Autobiography of the Year Award (National Books Critics' Circle), and has been translated into Spanish and Czech. Other books include Thomas More (Hodder Arnold, 2000), and The Tudors: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 1990). For over twenty years he was co-editor of the acclaimed academic series Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History; and co-author of The Reign of Elizabeth I: Court and Culture in the Last Decade (Cambridge University Press, 1995) and contributed to The Oxford History of Britain, The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor and Stuart Britain, and The Oxford History of the British Isles: the Sixteenth Century. (Bowker Author Biography) |