Anne Boleyn fatal attractions /

"In this groundbreaking new biography, G.W. Bernard offers a fresh portrait of one of England's most captivating queens. Through a wide-ranging forensic examination of sixteenth-century sources, Bernard reconsiders Boleyn's girlhood, her experience at the French court, the nature of h...

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Main Author: Bernard, G. W.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Summary:"In this groundbreaking new biography, G.W. Bernard offers a fresh portrait of one of England's most captivating queens. Through a wide-ranging forensic examination of sixteenth-century sources, Bernard reconsiders Boleyn's girlhood, her experience at the French court, the nature of her relationship with Henry and the authenticity of her evangelical sympathies. He depicts Anne Boleyn as a captivating, intelligent and highly sexual woman whose attractions Henry resisted for years until marriage could ensure legitimacy for their offspring." "He shows that it was Henry, not Anne, who developed the ideas that led to the break with Rome. And, most radically, he argues that the allegations of adultery that led to Anne's execution in the Tower could he close to the truth."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:ix, 237 p. : ill., port.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.