Most readers will know before beginning to read this novel that Anne Boleyn is eventually beheaded, so the outcome is not a surprise. All the while, of course, Anne was getting older and older. Anne was young and Henry lusted after her for many years, though she kept herself at a distance while he attempted to have his first marriage annulled.
When Henry realized that Katherine of Aragon would not be able to bear any more children he looked for another in his desperate attempt to secure a male heir. Anne Boleyn had 3 years as a wife after many years as mistress, many of them chaste. Katherine was the wife who lasted the longest, an astonishing 24 years compared to those who followed, most of whom lasted a year or less. The series begins with Katherine of Aragon – The True Queen. When she was no longer able to become pregnant that was the end of her, and Henry sought another. Poor, poor Anne Boleyn who did indeed have her head chopped off after she failed to produce a male heir for her beloved Henry. Songs we listened to over an over again when I was a child, the image of a headless woman wandering forever from room to room in the Tower of London part of my childhood memories. My father has a liking for songs such as Sheb Wooley’s Purple People Eater, and With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm, originally recorded by Stanley Holloway, and later by the Kingston Trio.
Anne Boleyn – A King’s Obsession by Alison Weir is the second in a new series of novels each featuring the six unfortunate Tudor Queens. Anne Boleyn – A King’s Obsession by Alison WeirĪlison Weir is an acknowledged expert on the life of King Henry VIII and the lives of his many wives.
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