Six Tudor Queens: Anne Boleyn, A King’s Obsession

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What to expect

Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by bestselling historian Alison Weir, author of Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, is the second captivating novel in the Six Tudor Queens series. An unforgettable portrait of the ambitious woman whose fate we know all too well, but whose true motivations may surprise you. Essential reading for fans of Philippa Gregory and Elizabeth Chadwick.

'Weir is excellent on the little details that bring a world to life' Guardian

The young woman who changed the course of history.

Fresh from the palaces of Burgundy and France, Anne draws attention at the English court, embracing the play of courtly love.

But when the King commands, nothing is ever a game.

Anne has a spirit worthy of a crown - and the crown is what she seeks. At any price.

ANNE BOLEYN. The second of Henry's Queens. Her story.
History tells us why she died. This powerful novel shows her as she lived.

SIX TUDOR QUEENS. SIX NOVELS. SIX YEARS.

(P)2017 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

Critics Review

  • Alison Weir’s wonderfully detailed novel offers a spellbinding solution to the mystery of Anne’s true nature . . . Enthralling

    Sarah Gristwood on Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession
  • Weir’s Boleyn is a highly intelligent idealist, who becomes the tragic victim of her own ambition. . . The novel is a triumph of fine detail and research and offers a complex depiction of an endlessly fascinating woman

    Elizabeth Fremantle on Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession
  • This is Anne Boleyn as you have never seen her before. I could not put it down

    Tracy Borman on Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession
  • A marvellous book – Anne comes alive and leaps from the page, fascinating, enthralling, full blooded – you can’t help but fall in love with her. A brilliant evocation of the period – and a knife edge moment in British history. Wonderful

    Kate Williams on Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession
  • Alison Weir has brought English history’s most famous ‘other woman’ compellingly to life. The story of Anne Boleyn’s rise from accomplished court lady to Henry VIII’s second queen is vividly told and the terror of her final days will haunt the reader. A must for all lovers of historical fiction

    Linda Porter, author of Katherine the Queen and Royal Renegades
  • Alison Weir makes history come alive as no one else

    Barbara Erskine

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