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A groundbreaking examination of how the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn sent shockwaves across a continent and changed England forever. 'In many places, where once we had speculation, we now have certainty. This book is at once an education and a joy to read' LITERARY REVIEW 'Combines meticulously researched history and contemporary voices with narrative flair' SUNDAY TIMES 'Anne Boleyn comes alive in this impressive study . . . Moves ...

A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . . Hunting the Falcon brilliantly shows how time, circumstance and politics combined to accelerate Anne's triumph and tragedy." --Tina Brown, New York Times Book ReviewA groundbreaking, freshly-researched examination of one of the most dramatic and consequential marriages in history: Henry VIII's long courtship, short union, and brutal execution of Anne Boleyn.Hunting the Falcon is the story of how Henry V...

The story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn is one of the most remarkable in history: a long courtship followed by a shotgun wedding and then a coronation, ending just short of three years later when a husband's passion turned to such hatred that he simply wanted his wife gone. Missing from most accounts is how the turbulent nature of Anne and Henry's relationship was tied almost completely to the major events of international politics at one of t...

King Henry VIII: the man whose passion - verging on obsession - for one woman changes the course of history. Anne Boleyn: the woman who risked everything for a crown - and lost. We think we know how the story goes, but it has never been told like this before. Free from the constraints of patriarchal myths, John Guy and Julia Fox at last reveal the true Anne Boleyn - shrewd politician, poetic muse and thoroughly modern woman - and how her partn...

From British historians Julia Fox and John Guy, a fresh, groundbreaking interpretation of Henry VIII's long courtship, short marriage, and brutal execution of Anne Boleyn, using new archival research.