Thorns, lust and glory : the betrayal of Anne Boleyn / Estelle Paranque.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paranque, Estelle, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--Henry VIII, 1509-1547.

Great Britain.

Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536.

Anne Boleyn.

Queens--England--Biography.

Queens.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 281 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Ebury Press, 2024.

Summary:

Anne Boleyn has mesmerised the English public for centuries. Her tragic execution, orchestrated by her own husband, never ceases to intrigue. How did this courtier's daughter become the queen of England, and what was it that really tore apart this illustrious marriage, making her the whore of England, an abandoned woman executed on the scaffold? While many stories of Anne Boleyn's downfall have been told, few have truly traced the origins of her tragic fate. In Thorns, Lust and Glory, Estelle Paranque takes us back to where it all started- to France, where Anne learned the lessons that would set her on the path to becoming one of England's most infamous queens. At the court of the French king as a resourceful teenage girl, Anne's journey to infamy began, and this landmark biography explores the world that shaped her, and how these loyalties would leave her vulnerable, leading to her ruin at the court of Henry VIII. A fascinating new perspective on Tudor history's most enduring story, Thorns, Lust and Glory is an unmissable account of a queen on the edge.

Contents:

Prologue: a rose between a lion and salamander, Calais, 25-27 October 1532

Part 1. In the shadow of the course of Fleur-de-Lys, 1514-1526

1. Games of court

2. The rise of a magnificent king and his ladies

3. Witnessing the pursuit of grandeur

4. Troubled waters

Part 2. The pursuit of a crown, 1527-1533

5. Struggle to power

6. Ainsi sera, Groigne qui Groigne

7. Every rose has its thorn

8. 'The most happy'

Part 3. The pitfalls of glory, 1533-1536

9. A Tudor Rose cannot replace a Lion Cub

10. An impossible mission

11. The tide has turned

12. The inconceivable

Epilogue: ℓ Jamais remembered.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781529149579 (paperback)

1529149576 (paperback)

9781529149562

1529149568

OCLC:

1433995222

Publisher Number:

90100547893