Anne Boleyn

The hysteria of desire is unleashed by not having an eye on posterity. There are many fine examples within the book - from Anne Boleyn, before her betrayal by Henry VIII, to Queen Victoria - particularly poignant when one knows the length...

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...love nest for sale The Gatehouse was part of a Tudor courtier's palace A house where newlywed Henry VIII stayed with his second wife Anne Boleyn has gone on the market after being rebuilt from a state of near collapse. Shurland Hall, on...

In this article: Henry VIII, Henry VIII, World War II, and Isle of Sheppey

A Henry Percy was also engaged to Anne Boleyn until Henry VIII swept the young woman off her feet, married her, and beheaded her after she failed to give him a son. The claims of Mr Percy, who represented New Zealand at hockey at the...

In this article: Northumberland, Henry Percy, Hogwarts School, London College, Henry V, and New Zealand

...England and Ireland, came to the throne on November 17, 1558 and reigned until her death in March 1603. 1. When her mother, Anne Boleyn, was executed, Elizabeth, aged two-and-a-half, was officially declared to be illegitimate. 2.

In this article: Sugar, Dictionary of National Biography, England, Ireland, and BBC

...the acting chops to add levity to her performance. That said, Dormer is no slouch either and her role as Henry VIII's second wife Anne Boleyn on The Tudors was often startlingly good. Wondering what's on tonight? Check out our TV listings...

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...Churches. The English church was under papal authority for nearly a thousand years before splitting from Rome in 1534, when King Henry VIII was refused an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon so he could marry Anne Boleyn.

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...of humour, and turns Robert Bolt's scholarly and saintly Thomas More into a heartless bigot. Anne Boleyn's sister Mary is put-upon and pathetic, Boleyn is a calculating ice-queen and Jane Seymour a conniving elf. Wars and chivalry are out...

In this article: Dog, Henry VIII, Thomas More, Tom Hicks, Robert Bolt, and Philippa Gregory

...kept in the Tower, which was founded by King William I in 1066. Its history includes the executions of queens Catherine Howard and Anne Boleyn, both wives of Henry VIII, and Lady Jane Grey, known as "the nine days queen." They are...

In this article: Moira Cameron, Allegation, Tower of London, London, E mail, Henry VIII, Catherine Howard, and Lady Jane Grey

...moors and settled down to a life of domestic bliss in a town house in Kensington? If only Anne Boleyn had stuck in at school, could she have kept her head? The notion that husbands should be older than their wives goes back centuries...

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...by Anne, deliciously painted as spoiled schemer, a Tudor-era celebrity twit. A courtier tells Cromwell, ``Anne says she will have him and she cares not if Katherine and every Spaniard is in the sea and drowned.'' Even England's cardinal...

In this article: Hilary Mantel, Henry VIII, God, Katherine of Aragon, England, Man Booker Prize, and Thomas More