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Brief Gaudy Hour: A Novel of Anne Boleyn by: Margaret Campbell Barnes City Travel Guides Price: £8.47 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 823.91 EAN: 9781402211751 ISBN: 1402211759 Label: Sourcebooks Landmark Manufacturer: Sourcebooks Landmark Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 400 Publication Date: 2008-03 Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Studio: Sourcebooks Landmark Sales Rank: 32919 Related Items:
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 Rating: - Was she Bad or not?Have read this book many times - it's great, fantastic. I have read many books about Anne Boleyn and this was read years ago. I don't know whether Ann was guilty of what Henry accused her, but I tend to think most of the charges were trumped up by Cromwell at Henry's instigation because he wanted to be rid of her. This book is a novel but it does give a perspective on Anne that makes you wonder. It's well written, highly readable - so read it. I'm sure you'll love it. Rating: - ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS...This is a wonderful work of historical fiction in which the author weaves gossamer threads of fact and fiction around Anne Boleyn, one of the most intriguing and enigmatic women who ever lived. She was a woman who would change the face of England by holding out for a crown that she would wear for a scant three years. Her will to be crowned a Queen would pave the way for the Reformation to take root in England. About a third of the book is devoted to establishing Anne's relationship to her family, friends, and early admirers. It details her first love affair, that with Henry Percy, the heir to the Earl of Northumberland, said to have been the love of her life, until Cardinal Wolsey, at the behest of King Henry VIII, nipped it in the ... Read More: Rating: - ANNE OF THE THOUSAND DAYS...This is a wonderful work of historical fiction in which the author weaves gossamer threads of fact and fiction around Anne Boleyn, one of the most intriguing and enigmatic women who ever lived. She was a woman who would change the face of England by holding out for a crown that she would wear for a scant three years. Her will to be crowned a Queen would pave the way for the Reformation to take root in England. About a third of the book is devoted to establishing Anne's relationship to her family, friends, and early admirers. It details her first love affair, that with Henry Percy, the heir to the Earl of Northumberland, said to have been the love of her life, until Cardinal Wolsey, at the behest of King Henry VIII, nipped it in the ... Read More: Rating: - Anne Boleyn, Saint or Sinner - You Decide.Oh, I LOVE this book. I have read it so many times, and it still enthralls me! This is the story of the infamous Anne Boleyn, going right back to her childhood at Hever, through to her transformation at the court of Francis, to her triumph at the court of Henry, and then to her final humiliation and death. It is an emotional roller-coaster that never lets up. It is so well told that you feel as though you are actually there, listening and observing, as the drama of her life unfolds before you. Yes, she WAS capricious, and demanding, and selfish, and totally ambitious, BUT she was also loyal to her friends, she yearned to be loved by her subjects, she had great ideals, she was very clever and articulate, she loved her daughter, and she ultimately Read More: |
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