About
This blog is written and managed by Claire Ridgway, a full-time freelance writer, closet history lover, armchair historian and champion of the underdog, from England – land of the Tudors, Shakespeare, green fields and yummy fish and chips. I now live in sunny Spain near the historic Alhambra.
I wanted to share my journey into the annals of history with other people who have an interest in Anne Boleyn and the Tudor period and thought that a blog would be the perfect forum.
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I fully admit to being addicted to Anne Boleyn and Tudor history and I am on a crusade to debunk the myths surrounding Anne Boleyn and educate the world about the REAL Anne Boleyn. I hope you’ll join me on this journey.
Please contact me if you:-
- have any questions about Anne or the Tudors and can’t find the answers here
- would like to submit an article about Anne Boleyn or the Tudors
- would like me to write an article, blog or e-book for you
You are, of course, free to comment on any blog posts.
I’ve also just set up an Anne Boleyn wiki (click on the link or go to http://theanneboleynfiles.wetpaint.com/) where users can contribute and build a great resource and community.
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Claire Ridgway
“The Most Happy Ever”
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Calle Sargento Galera 3
04887 Lucar
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What a wonderful site, Claire. Truly a labour of love. As we all know, history is written by the victors, and just as Richard III was painted darkly by the Tudors, I’m pretty sure Anne Boleyn was as well.
I’ll be visiting often to explore.
Thanks, Jane, it is a labour of love and actually keeps me sane because I love writng about history. History is one of those things that we can argue about and have opinions about, but most of the time we don’t actually know the real answer, what REALLY happened.
What an interesting site you have, congratulations. Although I have to say that I prefer Catherine of Aragon, Anne was certainly a fascinating, elegant, very intelligent and brave woman, and I love learning about this period, so foundational for England and Europe. Thank you for your work on this topic, it must be very difficult as most accounts of Anne are probably distorted one way or another.
Thank you for your kind words, “Matterhorn”!
I’ve been fascinated with Anne for years…nice piece of work this.
ciao
I love your site! I have become completely obsessed with Anne and the rest of the Tudors after reading “The Other Boleyn Girl.” I moved onto watching “The Tudors”, which I absolutely love also and think that Natalie Dormer plays the character of Anne remarkably! I was just very upset they didn’t elaborate more on Mary Boleyn and her story, but I guess there was not enough time for that. I enjoy reading the forums on this site and also finding books that I can read for a more historically accurate depiction of Anne and the Tudors!
I can’t tell you enough how much I LOVE this site.
I have had a crazy love for Anne Boleyn since I was 11 and more recently a deep interest in her sister Mary.
If you are just told their story and left out the names, it’s the most dramatic,amazing,tragic and engrossing story!
Can it even be true!?
The fact that it is indeed, then holds quite some power!
This site is very educational and yet so FRIENDLY!
Which I can not say for many other forums that seem to be filled to the choke point with academic snobbery. For as much as those people think themselves better, it’s really quite sad.
SO I’m quite thankful to find this place and I’m certain I’m not alone in that thought!
I truly think if you make education meaningful,interesting and even fun it really can inspire both children and adults to change their lives in many ways.
Keep up the GREAT work!
All the best,
Nicole-Elizabeth
Hi Nicole-Elizabeth,
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment and I’m so pleased that you love the site. I hate academic snobbery too and people definitely don’t learn anything when they are made to feel uncomfortable or feel that they cannot contribute. Everyone is welcome here and we can all learn from each other – nobody knows everything!
You’ve made my day (probably also my week, month and year!) with your comment, so thank you x
No problem!
I was simply stating the truth.
I worked in a summer school program and some of the kids started reading “Innocent Traitor” By Alison Weir
And of course the critics are always first to spurt some nonsense about “dramatic license”, in my eyes that is what makes it great.
After they finished reading the book many of the kids wanted to learn more about Jane Grey and The Tudors.
I just think things like this are great, it opens new doors for many of us and brings history alive and keeps it alive(where in my eyes it should be!).
Take Care,
Nicole-Elizabeth
I just stumbled across this website by accident, and I am so glad I did – it looks amazing! I am obsessed with all things Tudor – particularly Anne Boleyn – and I can’t wait to explore your site; it looks terrific. Thank you!
Hi Claire,
Can you please tell me what font was used for the headings in the free Anne Boleyn booklet>
Hi Hayley,
The name Anne Boleyn is written in a font called “Scriptina” and the other words are written in in “Segoe Script”. Hope that helps!
Hi Claire! I just wanted to thank you for creating such an interesting website. I am currently a high school student, and Anne Boleyn has been my heroine for years. I am always reading, and from the time I read The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell when I was twelve, I was obsessed. Now I am hooked on watching The Tudors and read anything I can get my hands on about this fascinating era in history. Because of my great love of history (especially Anne and the Tudors), I have decided to make it my college major and life’s work. I am so glad to have found a site full of people like me! Thanks so much!