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The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn: The Most Happy by: Eric Ives List Price: £14.99 City Travel Guides Price: £14.24 You Save: £0.75 ( 5%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 942.052092 EAN: 9781405134637 ISBN: 1405134631 Label: Blackwell Publishing Ltd Manufacturer: Blackwell Publishing Ltd Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 480 Publication Date: July 10, 2005 Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd Studio: Blackwell Publishing Ltd Sales Rank: 8183 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Review: "[Ives is] splendidly successful... Ives's Boleyn, a portrait at all points supported by the evidence he gives, is clever, independent-minded and politically astute. Ives has gone as far as anyone can... in solving the enigma of Boleyn in a narrative at once profoundly researched and lively." Antonia Fraser, The Sunday Times "Eric Ives, a scholar utterly at home in early Tudor politics, has been writing about the Boleyns for more than two decades. His book represents a triumphant culmination of all that research, presented with clarity, wit and human sympathy." Diarmaid MacCulloch, The Telegraph "Ives has written an excellent book on Anne Boleyn. Its great strength is its sophisticated understanding of aristocratic women's involvement in 16th-century politics, and precisely how this worked in practice. ...Ives rises effectively to the human drama of Anne Boleyn's life and in the process illuminates both the inner workings of the Tudor court and its relationship to the larger dramas of the Reformation and European politics." Jane Stevenson, Scotland on Sunday "The best full-length life of Anne Boleyn and a monument to investigative scholarship." David Starkey "Magnificently researched. Eric Ives has written the finest, most accurate study of Anne Boleyn we are ever likely to possess. He leaves no stone unturned in his quest to discover the truth. Never has the historical Anne been so satisfyingly portrayed." John Guy "What is most exciting about The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn is not just that it has confirmed and solidified Ives's earlier work and presented it in a more accessible format. (Like John Guy, Ives has discovered that the Starkey model really does work and that popularisation -- 'to place among the people' -- should not be a term of opprobrium.) Rather, it is the development in methodology, the indication that cultural studies and the history of the book have provided us with new ways to evaluate evidence, to interpret the past." James P. Carley, The Spectator "Eric Ives achieves the notable feat of combining magisterial historical authority with a gripping style, and sets the reader's mind buzzing with debate about the complex reasons behind the astounding events of Anne's life." Times Literary Supplement "[Ives] delicately pieces together a believable identity ... [and] gives, too, a lucid and coherent exposition of the circumstances that led to Anne's death." The Guardian "What Ives doesn't know ... about the high politics and court life of Henry VIII's England will either never be known or is not worth knowing. If there is a truth about Anne Boleyn's rise and fall, he will tell it to us." London Review of Books "Eric Ives has made it unnecessary for anyone else to even make the attempt [to write a biography of Anne Boleyn]. The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn is a stunning portrait of the most controversial woman ever to have been queen consort of England." The Independent on Sunday "There is no questioning the impact of Professor Eric Ives on the historiography of Tudor England. There is a keen sense of the evidence, of diplomatic affairs, of the minutiae of the record and its context. The writing is fluent and well-paced, drawing the reader along." The Tyndale Society Journal "This is a moving and compelling account by an author who is the absolute master of his subject. I read it with great excitement and admiration." Susan Brigden, Lincoln College, Oxford "Ives demonstrates triumphantly the potential of the biographical approach in a pre-modern setting. He evinces a deep empathy for his subject without ever becoming an apologist for her, and ... he provides a narrative which is genuinely moving. He has also given us a fully rounded and persuasive account of Anne's life as a whole, and its significance for understanding the politics and political culture of the early Tudor decades." Reviews in History "The best book on Anne Boleyn ever written. This is a must for all lovers of Tudor history, academics and general readers alike." Alison Weir, BBC History Magazine Books of the Year "Eric Ives has cut through the myths and misconceptions. The result surpasses all previous work.When Ives describes Anne herself.. he is utterly convincing." Renaissance Quarterly Antonia Fraser, The Sunday Times: [Ives is] splendidly successful... in solving the enigma of Boleyn in a narrative at once profoundly researched and lively. Diarmaid MacCulloch, The Daily Telegraph: A triumphant culmination of all [Ives's] research, presented with clarity, wit and human sympathy. John Guy: The finest, most accurate study of Anne Boleyn we are ever likely to possess. Scotland on Sunday: An excellent book ...Ives rises effectively to the human drama of Anne Boleyn's life. Product Description: This definitive biography of Anne Boleyn establishes her as a figure of considerable importance and influence in her own right. This is a full biography of Anne Boleyn, based on the latest scholarly research. It focuses on Anne's life and legacy and establishes Anne as a figure of considerable importance and influence in her own right. Adulteress or innocent victim? This title: looks afresh at the issues at the heart of Anne's downfall; pays attention to her importance as a patron of the arts, particularly in relation to Hans Holbein; presents evidence about Anne's spirituality and her interest in the intellectual debates of the period; and, takes an account of significant advances in knowledge in recent years. Synopsis: This definitive biography of Anne Boleyn establishes her as a figure of considerable importance and influence in her own right. This is a full biography of Anne Boleyn, based on the latest scholarly research. It focuses on Anne's life and legacy and establishes Anne as a figure of considerable importance and influence in her own right. Adulteress or innocent victim? This title: looks afresh at the issues at the heart of Anne's downfall; pays attention to her importance as a patron of the arts, particularly in relation to Hans Holbein; presents evidence about Anne's spirituality and her interest in the intellectual debates of the period; and, takes an account of significant advances in knowledge in recent years. From the Back Cover: Anne Boleyn is the most notorious of England’s queens, but more famous for her death as an adulterer than for her life. Henry’s second wife and mother of Elizabeth I, Anne was the first English queen to be publicly executed. Yet what do we know of the achievements and the legacy of her short reign? In The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn Eric Ives provides the most detailed and convincing portrait we have of the queen. He reveals a person of intellect with a passion for the new culture of the Renaissance, a woman who made her way in a man’s world by force of education and personality. She played a powerful and independent role in the faction–ridden court of Henry VIII and the unceasing struggle for royal favour that was Tudor politics. The consequences can still be detected today. Indeed, Ives shows that it was precisely because Anne was a powerful figure in her own right that it needed a coup to bring her down. She had to be stopped – even by a lie. About the Author: Eric Ives is Emeritus Professor of English History at the University of Birmingham. He has written widely on Tudor history, the history of law, and on the development of modern higher education. In 2001 he was awarded an OBE for services to history and the University of Birmingham. Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - One of the best biographies ever written about Anne BoleynThis highly informative account of Anne Boleyn brings to life a Tudor woman once seen as elusive and obscure. Due to the high volume of biased primary accounts of Anne Boleyn written by the likes of Chapuys (the Spanish ambassador to England at the time) and others, it has been notoriously difficult to make an objective and impartial assessment of Anne Boleyn however Ives succeeds in bringing the true character of Anne Boleyn to life using a variety of sources, challenges biased accounts of Anne's life (such as Chapuys' accounts of the ailing marriage) and also presents compelling evidence to support his assertions, such as the controversy surrounding Anne's birth date. Whilst at times, Ives presents the not so endearing qualities ... Read More: Rating: - Detailed and enlightening about Anne Boleyn!If one is looking for mere entertainment, this is not the book to buy. I thoroughly enjoyed "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" written by Antonia Fraser, which contained only the most necessary historical facts in order to present the six Queens properly. When I have given Eric Ives' book five stars, it's because this book is probably the most detailed and enlightening book ever written about Anne Boleyn. But the book is not an easy read, not if one is searching for pure entertainment. For me it is more a book of facts about Anne which I can go back to whenever I'm searching for more information about her. That does not mean the book lacks for numerous enjoyable anecdotes from Anne's life and vivid descriptions of her as a person. Read More: Rating: - A wonderful work on an interesting ladyBy far the most famous of Henry's queens, Anne Boleyn is also the most controversial. Any biography of her must be objective, thoroughly researched and carefully portrayed. Ives succeeds on all counts. This book is a brilliant life of Anne Boleyn and goes into great detail without ever being boring. 10/10. Rating: - The best book about Anne Boleyn ever written!Anne Boleyn is a very misunderstood character in English History. She is seen as an "evil" woman who tore Henry VIII from his wife and Catholic Church- Anne is a highly significant historical figure in her own right- not only for being the mother of the great Queen Elizabeth I. Eric Ives captures Anne's personality and gives explanations for the events in Anne's life. It is a highly enjoyable read - especially if you enjoy Tudor History. I highly recommend this book. Rating: - The power behind the throne...Eric Ives' book `The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn' is a must read for people interested in British history, the British Royal Family history, the history of the Tudor period, and particularly for those interested in one of the key figures around that most colourful of English kings, Henry VIII. Anne Boleyn's influence in court, which dominated state and church affairs at a critical moment in European affairs, is shown here, in addition to the personal strife that Anne Boleyn both caused for others (her rival for Henry's affections, Katherine, is but the least of these) as well as the strife she herself endured. Ives contrasts Anne Boleyn with Katherine of Aragon in terms of overall worldviews that they represented - Anne being far more a child ... Read More: |
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