Claire | October 3, 2019

In this latest instalment of my “Questions about Anne Boleyn” series, I look at Philippa Gregory’s best-selling novel, “The Other Boleyn Girl”, which was also turned into a movie and adapted for television. “The Other Boleyn Girl” has brought Anne Boleyn and Mary Boleyn’s stories to life for many people, and provoked an interest in […]

Category: Anne Boleyn Myths, Boleyn Myth, Books, George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, Myths and Legends, Representations of Anne Boleyn, The Boleyns, Thomas Boleyn | 25 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn fiction, Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Other Boleyn Girl accuracy

Claire | June 3, 2013

As you probably know, British TV channel BBC2 has been rather Tudor themed recently, airing some wonderful documentaries about Anne Boleyn, Thomas Cromwell and Henry VII, but what you may not know is that Saturday night (1st June) was a major Tudor ‘fest’. It started with A Tudor Feast at Christmas, then we had Henry […]

Category: News, Representations of Anne Boleyn | 17 Comments »
Tags: Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl, TOBG

Claire | April 5, 2011

On this day in history, 5th April 1531, Richard Roose (or Rouse), Bishop John Fisher’s cook, was boiled to death after confessing to poisoning the soup* that was served to the Bishop and his guests. Fisher, the Bishop of Rochester, survived but some of his guests, who’d eaten more of the soup, died. People were […]

Category: Anne Boleyn Myths, The Boleyns, The Tudors, Tudor Characters | 59 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn, Bishop Fisher, Bishop John Fisher, Philippa Gregory, poison, Richard Roose, Richard Rouse, The Other Boleyn Girl, Thomas Boleyn

Claire | March 11, 2011

As many of you know, I love historical fiction, there’s no better way to spend a cold winter’s night, in my eyes, than cuddled up on the sofa with a glass of red wine in one hand and an historical novel in the other. A work of historical fiction combines my two great loves – […]

Category: Representations of Anne Boleyn, The Tudors | 72 Comments »
Tags: historical fiction, historical novels, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Tudors

Claire | September 22, 2010

My inspiration for this article comes from a discussion we’ve been having on The Anne Boleyn Files Facebook page, regarding the inaccuracies of the movie and novel “The Other Boleyn Girl”, and from the many emails I receive asking me my thoughts on Philippa Gregory’s portrayal of Anne Boleyn. What concerns me about the emails […]

Category: Anne Boleyn General, Anne Boleyn Myths, Books, George Boleyn, Jane Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, Myths and Legends, Representations of Anne Boleyn | 174 Comments »
Tags: Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl

Claire | August 25, 2010

sexualize, sexualise vb 1. to make or become sexual or sexually aware 2. to give or acquire sexual associations sexualization , sexualisation n1 This post has been inspired by my good friends at the History Police Facebook Group2 (thanks, Lauren!) and a discussion thread on that page regarding the sexualization of historical characters, characters such […]

Category: Anne Boleyn Myths, appearance, Representations of Anne Boleyn | 73 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn, Philippa Gregory, sexuality, The Other Boleyn Girl

Claire | April 14, 2010

Lots of you have been saying that you wish you could get your hands on the green dress worn by Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn in “The Other Boleyn Girl”, well, now you can! Kris has done herself proud with this stunning dress and deserves a big round of applause. It really is gorgeous! She […]

Category: Anne Boleyn General, News, Tudor Costume | 13 Comments »
Tags: Anne Boleyn Day, The Other Boleyn Girl, TOBG Green Dress, Tudor Costume, Tudor gown