Anne Boleyn [Hardcover]

Evelyn Anthony (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 310 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Company (1957)
• ASIN: B0006D72G6
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,015,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't put this book down!, March 1, 2002

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Jennifer Church (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anne Boleyn (Hardcover)

This book accurately depicts the life of Anne Boleyn after meeting Henry VIII, her life as Catherine of Aragon's maid of honor, her struggle to become Queen of England, and her struggle to maintain that status by delivering Henry an heir. This was the first book in years that kept me so captivated that I couldn't put it down! It was amazing; it was educational; it was entertaining. READ IT!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars biographical fiction, December 15, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Anne Boleyn (Hardcover)

this book was very informative about the life of anne boleyn. It was accurate historically which is good.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You play you pay, June 28, 2004

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Kris (Oxnard, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Anne Boleyn

This book is very intriguing: fraught with intrigues? It starts off slowly, like a typical romance, but it sure picks up at the end. If this is so-called "historical romance," it's not at all what I expected. The people do talk a bit funny compared to our language today, but that adds to the authenticity.

Anne has a lot of moxie, going after the King like she does, and later gossiping about his little thing. What did she expect? You can't talk about a guy like that and expect to get off scot free, can you?

Well, she plays and she pays. It's sad toward the end, especially when she aborts the little boy (not purposely) and then is escorted to the Tower, her female enemies hounding her along the way. Talk about getting shafted. But she does recover and gain some dignity at the end.

Her Uncle Norfolk must have been a real evil character. Thomas Cromwell was righteously evil and here's one book where the bad guys come out on top, or so it seems.

I did not know the story of Anne and Henry before reading this book, and it is just so bitter sweet, I want to read other books. Phillipa Gregory's book about the "Other Boleyn Girl" will be next. Diximus.