Beauty or Beast – Part 1

Claire | February 26, 2009

“What did Anne Boleyn look like?” is a question that has been debated for centuries.
There is a shortage of portraits or likenesses of Anne, probably because they were destroyed by her enemies, so we have to rely on what’s left and on historical descriptions of her appearance, but what do we believe?
Some quotations point at
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Anne Boleyn’s Execution Speech and Death

Claire | February 25, 2009

Did anyone else cry when they watched the execution scene in The Tudors? I know I did, and it still makes me cry now. Whatever your thoughts on Anne Boleyn, history shows that she was courageous, noble and loyal to the King even in the face of death.
A Brave and Bloody End
For those of you
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In Search of the Real Anne Boleyn

Claire | February 17, 2009

My purpose in starting this blog is to record and share my journey of discovery, my mission to expose the real Anne Boleyn.
I have always been interested in history, particularly the Tudor period, since I did history A level at school, but this passion has been reawakened by watching the Tudors on TV and reading
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