The Creation of Anne Boleyn: In Search of the Tudors' Most Notorious Queen
- ISBN-10
- 1780743653
- ISBN-13
- 9781780743653
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-01-02
- Publisher
- ONEWorld Publications
- Author
- Susan Bordo
Description
Part biography, part cultural history, The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a fascinating reconstruction of Anne's life and an illuminating look at her afterlife in the popular imagination. Why is Anne so compelling? Why has she inspired such extreme reactions? What did she really even look like?! And perhaps the most provocative questions concern Anne's death more than her life. How could Henry order the execution of a once beloved wife? Drawing on scholarship and popular culture Bordo probes the complexities of one of history's most infamous relationships. In her inimitable, straight-talking style Bordo dares to confront the established histories, stepping off the well-trodden paths of Tudoriana to expertly tease out the human being behind the myths.
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- 2013-04-09
- 375 pages
- Ebook
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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- 2013
- 343 pages
- Paperback
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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