The creation of Anne Boleyn: a new look at England's most notorious queen

Reconstructs the life of the second wife of Henry VIII, drawing on scholarly studies and critical analysis to define an English queen who has been alternately viewed as a whore, martyr, feminist icon, and cautionary tale

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Main Author: Bordo, Susan 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston [u.a.] Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
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Summary:Reconstructs the life of the second wife of Henry VIII, drawing on scholarly studies and critical analysis to define an English queen who has been alternately viewed as a whore, martyr, feminist icon, and cautionary tale
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-326)and index
Introduction: The erasure of Anne Boleyn and the creation of "Anne Boleyn" -- Queen interrupted. -- Why you shouldn't believe everything you've heard about Anne Boleyn -- Why Anne? -- In love (or something like it) -- A perfect storm -- The tower and the scaffold -- How could he do it? -- Recipes for "Anne Boleyn" -- Basic historical ingredients -- From she-heroine to historical romance -- Post-war: domestic trouble in the house of Tudor -- An Anne for all seasons -- It's the Anne that makes the movie: "Anne of the Thousand Days" -- "The Tudors" -- Chapuys' revenge -- Anne gets the last word (for now)
Physical Description:XVIII, 343, [8] S. Ill. 24 cm

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