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The Absorbing Story of Henry VIII's Fourth Queen, Her Secret Love, Her Power-Hungry Husband, and the Country That Ruled Them All "At long last Anne of Cleves gets her day as a noble and highminded heroine in the lists of historical fiction!" - CHICAGO TRIBUNE My Lady of Cleves ... read more
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- Anna of Cleves: 4th wife of Henry VIII
- Henry VIII: King of England, 1491 - 1547
- Hans Holbein: Dutch painter
- Katherine Howard: 5th wife of Henry VIII
- Mary: 1st daughter of Henry VIII with Catherine of Aragon
- Elizabeth: 2nd daughter of Henry VIII with Anne Boleyn
- Cranmer: Archbishop of Canterbury, sympathetic to Anne
- Dorothea: Anne's confidant from Cleves
- Tom Culpepper: Handsome young cousin of Katherine Howard
- Charles Brandon: Duke of Suffolk, Henry's brother-in-law
- Amelia: Anne's younger sister
- Thomas Cromwell: Chancellor of England, influential in the marriage of Henry and Anne
- Dr. Wotton: Diplomat who visits Cleves
- Edward: Henry's only surviving son
- Wriothesley: One of Henry's ministers
- William: Anne's brother
- Jane Rochfort: Sister-in-law of Anne Boleyn, confidant of Katherine Howard
- Kate Parr: Henry's 6th wife
- Marillac: French ambassador
- Olsiliger: One of Anne's ministers
- Thomas Seymour: Brother of Jane Seymour, the king's third wife; dashing sailor
- Frances Lilgrave: Woman skilled at tapestry repair
- Guligh: Servant in Anne's household
- Mrs. Ashley: Nurse to the Tudor children
- Derham: Katherine's lover
- Mother Lowe: Lady to Anne
- Lavinia: Holbein's natural daughter, skilled at drawing at an early age
First Sentence edit
Henry Tudor straddled the hearth in the private audience chamber at Greenwich
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Author's Note
Numbered chapters 1-34
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This book is in Tudor Historical Fiction. (community list)
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- Margaret Campbell Barnes (Author)
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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1945
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- Dewey: 823.91
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