Claire | May 16, 2016
My publisher, MadeGlobal Publishing, is holding a special “Anne Boleyn Day” on 19 May to commemorate the 480th anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution. It is an online event, so can be enjoyed from wherever you are in the world, and comprises video talks by authors and historians, a charity auction for an Anne Boleyn painting, […]
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Claire | May 19, 2014
Today I will be raising a glass to Queen Anne Boleyn, a woman whose life was cut short by an awful miscarriage of justice on this day in 1536 when she was beheaded by “the Sword of Calais” at the Tower of London. She had been condemned to death for high treason on 15th May […]
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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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Claire | April 27, 2012
I’m so excited! The Kindle version of The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown is now available to download on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.es, Amazon.de and Amazon.fr – yay! Here are the Amazon US and UK links:- The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown – The Kindle version from Amazon.com The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A […]
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Claire | April 18, 2012
As you know, I have been busy editing my second book The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Countdown which is due out soon. Well, today is the launch of the book website! Over at www.thefallofanneboleyn.com, you will find:- An interactive timeline – I will be adding events as they happen, as we countdown to the […]
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Claire | May 19, 2011
Today is one of mourning and tragedy, our Queen is no more, having been brutally slain earlier today. Executed as a traitor within the confines of the Tower of London’s wall. Everybody is in shock, nobody is saying anything and the world is a darker and sadder place. Sir William Kingston was ordered by Thomas […]
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Claire | May 18, 2011
We were all expecting for Queen Anne Boleyn to be executed at 9 o’clock this morning by the famous Sword of Calais, the French executioner who has apparently been ordered, but we have now learned that it has been postponed until tomorrow morning. According to our sources, it was first postponed until noon and when […]
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Claire | April 27, 2011
As many of you will be aware, here at The Anne Boleyn Files we call 19th May “Anne Boleyn Day”, a day on which we not only commemorate that fateful May day in 1536 when Anne Boleyn was executed at the Tower of London, but also a day on which we celebrate her life. I […]
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