Mary Boleyn

Weir, Alison

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Mary Boleyn is remembered by posterity as a ‘great and infamous whore’. She was the mistress of two kings, Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England, and sister to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife. She may secretly have borne Henry a child and it was because of his adultery with Mary that his marriage to Anne was annulled.

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Publish Date: 20/09/2012
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Sister to Anne Boleyn and seduced by two kings, Mary Boleyn has long been the subject of scandal and myth. Her affair with Henry VIII fuelled the shocking annulment of his marriage to Anne, and Mary is rumoured to have borne his child in secret.

In this, the first full-length biography of Mary Boleyn, Alison Weir explodes much of the mythology that surrounds her subject’s notoriety. Her extensive research gives us a new and detailed portrayal, revealing Mary as one of hte most misunderstood figures of the Tudor age.

From the internationally bestselling author of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

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Weight 343 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 30 mm
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Paperback

Pages

446

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

942.052092 (edition:23)

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General – Trade / Code: K