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Denny, Joanna

 
9780306814747: Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England's Tragic Queen
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ISBN 10 : 0306814749 ISBN 13 : 9780306814747
Editeur : Da Capo Press, 2006

Synopsis

No English queen has enjoyed such notoriety as Anne Boleyn, and none has been so persistently vilified. Even after her execution in May 1536, on trumped-up charges of adultery, her reputation has been pursued beyond the grave, subjected to all manner of accusation. The unsavory account of her life that has come down through history is one shaped by her enemies. Joanna Denny's powerful new biography presents a radically different picture of Anne-a woman who was highly literate, accomplished, and a devout defender of her Protestant faith. Her tragedy was that her looks and vivacious charm attracted the notice of a violent and paranoid king and trapped her in the vicious politics of the Tudor court, where a deadly game was being played between the old nobility and the new, between the old faith and the new. Denny's compelling account of Anne Boleyn plunges the reader into the heart of the intrigue, romance, and danger of the Tudor court and the turbulent times that changed England forever. It will change forever our perception of this much-maligned queen.

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À propos de l'auteur

Joanna Denny wrote several novels and this one work of nonfiction before she died in 2006. Her ancestor, Sir Anthony Denny, was Henry VIII's closest servant in his last days.

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Éditeur
Da Capo Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0306814749
ISBN 13 
9780306814747
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
384
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Personne responsable
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