In Bed With Anne Boleyn: A Novel

Baldwin-Smith, Lacey

ISBN 10 : 1445634473 ISBN 13 : 9781445634470

Editeur : Amberley Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Thomas Cromwell, the king's Principal Secretary, Mark Smeaton, court songster and musician, and Henry VIII are all caught up in Anne Boleyn's catastrophic fall from power and grisly death. Anne is the supreme opposite of the king's first wife, Katherine, who dutifully washed her husband's shirts, never complained about his lovers, and rarely expressed an opinion but concealed behind a mantle of piousness the pride of a Spaniard.In contrast, Anne Boleyn possesses only two attributes that help her secure a crown - extraordinary perseverance and almost indecent ambition. Her other qualities - her nagging determination to have her own way, her cruelty and her dangerous lack of decorum - all spell disaster that no amount of sex appeal can avoid. The very steps she takes to save herself from her inability to supply the king with a male heir seal her fate. This is historical fiction wedded to historical reality at its best.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Lacey Baldwin Smith is Professor Emeritus of History at Northwestern University. He has published nine critically acclaimed books including Henry VIII, Catherine Howard (both published by Amberley), Elizabeth Tudor: Portrait of a Queen, and Treason in Tudor England. The recipient of MA and PhD degrees from Princeton University, he has been a Fulbright Scholar, a Guggenheim Fellow, a Senior Fulbright Fellow at the University of London and a Senior Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities and is Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Sadly, Lacey died shortly after completing this book.

Revue de presse :

'A master storyteller' --Deborah Harkness

'Any new book by Lacey Baldwin Smith is an event' --John Kenton, The Observer

'Any new book by Lacey Baldwin Smith is an event' --John Kenton, The Observer

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Amberley Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1445634473
• ISBN 13: 9781445634470
• Reliure: Livre broché
• Nombre de pages: 256