What are the best Anne Boleyn books?
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The best biographies/text books on Anne Boleyn, in my opinion, are Eric Ives' "The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn", Retha M Warnicke's "The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn" and Joanna Denny's "Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England's Tragic Queen" - check out the Anne Boleyn Books page for details on those books.
If you want novels inspired by Anne Boleyn, there are loads. Look for writers like Robin Maxwell, Philippa Gregory, Laurien Gardner, Jean Plaidy etc. Again, see the book page.
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You could also try, “Divorced, Beheaded, Survived” by Karen Lindsey – This is an excellent interpretation of the wives and honestly makes a LOT of sense. It is also very easy to read. Ives is a heavy read for someone new to Anne Boleyn.
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“The Other Boleyn Girl” focuses more on Anne’s sister Mary than Anne herself, but it isa very good read.
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Anne Boleyn- A New Life of England’s Tragic Queen is a non-fictioin book. It clears what is blackened rumours and replaces it with truth and evidence to justify the truth. A lot of rumours are mistaken as facts, and ended up in books and movies.
“The Other Boleyn Girl” is a lovely written story, but it’s more fiction than non-fiction. It paints Anne Boleyn as a vile figure, when whe wasn’t at all. It gives false idea to whom Anne Boleyn really was. Though I love the book and the writer’s style, it still make me uneasy to how she portrayed Anne Boleyn.
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I just got done reading Allison Weirs The Fall of Anne Boleyn, Wow really good, a harder read but any Anne Boleyn follower will love it!
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Hi everyone I have onlyj ust joined this site today I own a number of books about Anne Boleyn some are probably out of print but you should be able to get them on the internet apart from all the ones published in the last few years and mentioned above the ones I have are:
The Rose of Hever by Maureen Peters
Anne Boleyn by Evelyn Anthony
The Heir of Allington (about Thomas Wyatt and Anne) by Phillipa Wiat
Anne Boleyn by Margaret Hays
The Lady in the Tower by Jean PLaidy
Blood Royal by Mollie Hardwick
My all time favourite books about Anne are Brief Gaudy Hour and Murder Most Royal I have yet to read The Fall of Anne Boleyn
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Whenever there are discussions on the best Anne Boleyn it always amazes me that the one by Marie Louise Bruce is never mentioned. I have had this book since the 1970;s and have never read a better one.
I don’t think she wrote too many others – a pity
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Well I just ffinishedRobin Maxwell’s two books about Anne and they were great! There’s “Mademoiselle Boleyn” about Anne’s younger days in the french court and “The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn” not only about Anne’s days with Henry VIII but about Elizabeth I’s first days as QOE. Anyways, both great books.
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I’ve read many good fiction books on Anne Boleyn- but I’m also trying to read some real biographies
I found Marie Louise Bruce’s book very intriguing, as well as Joanna Dennys- both easy reads.
I’m currently reading Eric Ive’s book- the most happy- and it’s very heavy going.
I also read The lady in the Tower by Alison Wier- this was an EXCELLENT account into how Anne ended up executed- i would reccomend it to anyone who is interested.
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I like “The Other Boleyn girl”too,but its very inaccurate and portraits Anne as a shewolf.For a different portrait of Anne,one that shows her as a nicer,much more likeable person ,I would like to recommend “The Most Happy-a novel about Anne Boleyns life”by Charlotte St George.In this novel Anne is very reluctant to Henry VIIIs attentions and eventual proposal
and is also showed to have enjoyed an unfulfilled,tragic lovestory with Henry Norris.
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