The beheading game : a novel / Rebecca Lehmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehmann, Rebecca, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Anne Boleyn.

Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547--Fiction.

Henry.

Queens--Fiction.

Queens.

Bisexual women--Fiction.

Bisexual women.

Beheading--Fiction.

Beheading.

Misogyny--Fiction.

Misogyny.

Revenge--Fiction.

Revenge.

Woman-woman relationships--Fiction.

Woman-woman relationships.

London (England)--Fiction.

London (England).

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

Great Britain.

Genre:

Alternative histories (Fiction)

Historical fiction.

Bisexual fiction.

Queer fiction.

Biographical fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

306 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown, [2026]

Summary:

"When Anne Boleyn wakes up the day after her beheading, she sews her head back on and sets out to seek revenge-in a queer-feminist retelling of one of history's most egregiously wronged women"-- Provided by publisher.

The Beheading Game begins in the hours after Anne Boleyn's beheading, when she wakes to find herself unceremoniously in an arrow chest, her head wrapped in linen at her knees. Discarded by King Henry VIII for not being able to give him a male heir, reviled by Cromwell for being too smart for her own good, and executed based on trumped-up charges, Anne escapes the tower, sews her head back on, and sets out on a quest for vengeance. Traveling in the guise of a commoner, with the help of a prostitute, Anne navigates the London streets she never before walked and soon realizes how little she knew about life in the real world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-303).

Other Format:

Online version Lehmann, Rebecca Beheading game

ISBN:

9798217086481

OCLC:

1513128486