Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession Paperback by Alison Weir

Product Details

• Publisher: Ballantine Books (2018-04-24)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 592 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781101966532
• Item Weight: 447.93 grams
• Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.21 cm

This stunning novel in New York Times bestselling author Alison Weir’s Six Tudor Queens series presents an “immaculately researched and convincing” (The Times, UK) portrait of Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII’s second and most infamous wife.

“Persuasive . . . Weir’s fictional Anne is ferociously smart and guilty of nothing but craving the power that’s rightfully hers to claim.”—NPR (Best Books of the Year)

“Superb . . . page-turning biographical fiction, hauntingly and beautifully told [and] psychologically penetrating.”—Historical Novels Review

Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived

Born into a noble English family, Anne is barely a teenager when she is sent by her opportunistic father to serve at the royal court of the Netherlands. There, and later in France, Anne thrives, preferring to absorb the works of progressive writers rather than participate in courtly flirtations.

Anne isn’t completely inured to the longings of the heart, but her powerful family has ambitious plans for her future that override any wishes of her own. When the King of England himself, Henry VIII, asks Anne to be his mistress, she spurns his advances—reminding him that he is a married man who has already conducted an affair with her sister, Mary. Anne’s rejection only intensifies Henry’s pursuit. But given that Queen Katherine is aging and has failed to provide the King with a male heir, the opportunity to elevate and protect the Boleyn family, and to exact vengeance on her envious detractors, is too tempting for Anne to resist—even as it proves to be her undoing.

About the Author

Alison Weir is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen; The Marriage Game; A Dangerous Inheritance; Captive Queen; The Lady Elizabeth; and Innocent Traitor and numerous historical biographies, including The Lost Tudor Princess, Elizabeth of York, Mary Boleyn, The Lady in the Tower, Mistress of the Monarchy, Henry VIII, Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Life of Elizabeth I, and The Six Wives of Henry VIII. She lives in Surrey, England, with her husband.