Six Tudor Queens: Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession: Six Tudor Queens 2 - Hardcover

Weir, Alison

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 147222762X ISBN 13: 9781472227621

Verlag: Headline Review, 2017

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*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by bestselling historian Alison Weir, author of Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, is the second captivating novel in the Six Tudor Queens series. An unforgettable portrait of the ambitious woman whose fate we know all too well, but whose true motivations may surprise you. Essential reading for fans of Philippa Gregory and Elizabeth Chadwick.'A triumph of fine detail and research and offers a complex depiction of an endlessly fascinating woman' Elizabeth Fremantle'Anne Boleyn as you have never seen her before., I could not put it down' Tracy Borman'Alison Weir makes history come alive as no one else' Barbara ErskineThe young woman who changed the course of history.Fresh from the palaces of Burgundy and France, Anne draws attention at the English court, embracing the play of courtly love.But when the King commands, nothing is ever a game.Anne has a spirit worthy of a crown - and the crown is what she seeks. At any price. ANNE BOLEYN., The second of Henry's Queens. Her story. History tells us why she died., This powerful novel shows her as she lived.SIX TUDOR QUEENS. SIX NOVELS. SIX YEARS.The third novel in Alison Weir's spellbinding Six Tudor Queens series: Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen - coming May 2018Praise for Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession:'Alison Weir has brought English history's most famous 'other woman' compellingly to life' Linda Porter'Detailed, immaculately researched and convincing' The Times'Weir's outstanding and sound historical research shines through, shedding new light on England's most controversial queen' Nicola Tallis

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Alison Weir's wonderfully detailed novel offers a spellbinding solution to the mystery of Anne's true nature . . . Enthralling (Sarah Gristwood on Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession)

Weir's Boleyn is a highly intelligent idealist, who becomes the tragic victim of her own ambition. . . The novel is a triumph of fine detail and research and offers a complex depiction of an endlessly fascinating woman (Elizabeth Fremantle on Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession)

This is Anne Boleyn as you have never seen her before. I could not put it down (Tracy Borman on Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession)

A marvellous book - Anne comes alive and leaps from the page, fascinating, enthralling, full blooded - you can't help but fall in love with her. A brilliant evocation of the period - and a knife edge moment in British history. Wonderful (Kate Williams on Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession)

Alison Weir has brought English history's most famous 'other woman' compellingly to life. The story of Anne Boleyn's rise from accomplished court lady to Henry VIII's second queen is vividly told and the terror of her final days will haunt the reader. A must for all lovers of historical fiction (Linda Porter, author of Katherine the Queen and Royal Renegades)

Alison Weir makes history come alive as no one else (Barbara Erskine)

Alison Weir is the doyen of Tudor fiction and non-fiction ... With Alison's light touch, [Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession] is fiction that reads as fact, and leaves us breathless, hoping ... then of course we recognise that we are not reading pure fiction after all, but a finely woven tapestry of fictional biography that stays with us long after we close the book at the final line. It is simply a masterpiece (Susan Ronald on Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession)

Weir's outstanding and sound historical research shines through, shedding new light on England's most controversial queen. Weir provides page after page of utterly compelling detail, keeping the reader hooked from start to finish. This book is not only a world apart from any other novel on Anne Boleyn, it is also an exquisite work of literary art (Nicola Tallis on Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession)

Detailed, immaculately researched and convincing (Antonia Senior The Times on Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession)

Prominent royal biographer and historical novelist Weir is well-placed to craft this detailed fictional
portrait of Henry VIII's second wife . . . She explores Anne's influences and motivations, creating a
multifaceted portrait of an ambitious woman who reluctantly accedes to Henry's courtship and later acts
out of desperation to protect herself and her daughter, Elizabeth. Even readers who know Anne's story
well should gain insights from this revealing novel

(Booklist on Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession)

Biografía del autor

Alison Weir is the top-selling female historian (and the fifth-bestselling historian overall) in the United Kingdom, and has sold over 2.7 million books worldwide. She has published eighteen history books, including her most recent non-fiction book, Queens of the Conquest, the first in her England's Medieval Queens quartet. Alison has also published several historical novels, including Innocent Traitor and The Lady Elizabeth.

Anna of Kleve: Queen of Secrets is Alison Weir's ninth published novel and the fourth in the Six Tudor Queens series about the wives of Henry VIII, which was launched in 2016 to great critical acclaim. The first three books in the series - Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession and Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen were all Sunday Times bestsellers.

Alison is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an honorary life patron of Historic Royal Palaces.

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• Verlag: Headline Review
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 147222762X
• ISBN 13: 9781472227621
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 544