The Anne Boleyn Files

Claire | May 21, 2012

As you know, I was counting down, day by day, to Anne Boleyn’s execution on The Fall of Anne Boleyn timeline. Well, by this time in 1536 Anne was dead and gone and was about to be replaced by a new queen. I do have more articles to add to The Fall site, but I
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Tags: Bring Up the Bodies, fall of Anne Boleyn, Hilary Mantel, historical fiction

Claire | May 19, 2012

Thank you to all those of you who entered our 2012 Anne Boleyn Day competition. We had 44 entries in all so the judges were very busy! The judges were aware that many entries were written by those who had English as a second language and so the entries were judged on content, the story
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Claire | May 19, 2012

At dawn on 19th May 1536, Queen Anne Boleyn celebrated the Mass for the last time, receiving the Sacrament from her almoner, John Skip. She then ate breakfast and waited to hear Sir William Kingston’s footsteps outside her door. At 8am, the Constable appeared, informing Anne that the hour of her death was near and
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Tags: 19 May 1536, 19th May, Anne Boleyn's execution, execution of Anne Boleyn

Claire | May 18, 2012

Anne Boleyn expected to die on the 18th May 1536. Her almoner arrived at 2am to pray with her and Archbishop Cranmer arrived at dawn to hear her final confession and to celebrate the Mass with her. Anne was preparing to meet her maker, but her death was to be cruelly postponed. You can more
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Tags: The Fall of Anne Boleyn

Claire | May 17, 2012

I wanted to create a way of people being able to commemorate the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution and it dawned on me when I was sending a birthday e-card the other day that my wonderful techie husband could perhaps create an Anne Boleyn e-card. I begged and batted my eye-lids (works every time!) and
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Tags: Anne Boleyn e-card, Anne Boleyn Execution, Anne Boleyn's execution, e-card, The Fall of Anne Boleyn

Claire | May 4, 2012

It’s time for our annual Anne Boleyn Day competition, a competition we hold to commemorate the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution on the 19th May 1536. This year, I’m giving you two choices on what to write about:- An account of Anne Boleyn’s execution from the point of view of the executioner – You could
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Tags: Anne Boleyn Day, competition

Claire | May 1, 2012

The events of 1536 give me goosebumps and nightmares (yes, I actually dreamed about Cromwell and Smeaton last night!), so I wanted to share this spoof written by our regular anonymous spoof writer who has been ‘inspired’ by The Tudors, The Other Boleyn Girl, Anne of the Thousand Days and other such movies and books.
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Tags: spoof, Tudor spoof

Claire | April 30, 2012

The 30th April 1536 was a busy day at Henry VIII’s court in England and it really was the beginning of the end for Queen Anne Boleyn. Things started moving at a frightening pace from this day onwards, there was no escape for Anne or the five men. See today’s events at “30th April 1536:
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Tags: The Fall of Anne Boleyn