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Description edit
New York Times and Maclean's bestselling author Alison Weir is the biographer and historian of England's great historical personages, especially the Tudors, and this life of Mary Boleyn continues this esteemed tradition. Alison Weir reconstructs the real story of the much-misrepresented... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mary Boleyn: Sister of Anne Boleyn
- Anne Boleyn: Second wife of Henry VIII, mother of Elizabeth I
- Henry VIII: King of England from April 1509 until his death
- Katherine Grey: Daughter of Mary Boleyn, later Lady of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth I
- Thomas Boleyn: 1st Earl of Wiltshire, father of Anne, Mary and George Boleyn
- William Carey: Gentleman of the privy chamber to Henry VIII and later husband to Mary Boleyn.
- Francois: King of France
- Elizabeth Blount: Mistress of Henry VIII
- Mary Tudor: daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. Later Queen Mary I of England
- Hunsdon: Title of Mary Boleyn's son
- William Stafford: Second husband of Mary Boleyn.
- Henry Carey: May have been an illegitimate son of Henry VIII
- Ormond: Title of Thomas Boleyn
- John: Add a description of this character.
- Margaret: Henry VIII's sister
- George Carey
- Rochford Hall: one of the lands that Mary inherited from her grandmother
- Claude: wife of French king
- Grace
- Cardinal Wolsey: Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and advisor to Henry VIII
- Etheldreda: supposed illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII
- Stroud
- Sander: historian
- Elizabeth Howard: Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, named Elizabeth Howard, mother of Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII; Elizabeth and her daughter Mary were also allegedly mistresses of Henry VIII
- Fitzroy: last name of Henry VIII illegitimate son
- William Boleyn: Paternal grandfather of Anne and Mary Boleyn
- Cromwell: political leader
- Skelton
- Lady Boleyn: Mary Boleyn's mother
- Charles
- Geoffrey
- Lady Rochford: Mary Boleyn's sister-in-law. Executed during Katherine Howard's time on the throne
- David
- Chamberlain
- Mary Tudor: sister of Henry VIII, married to King of France and later married for love. Mary Boleyn was a member of her court when she went to France to be married.
- Katherine of Aragon: first wife of Henry VIII. Was married to Henry's brother Arthur until his death. Mother of Mary Tudor
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- England
- France
- Calais
- Norfolk
- Paris
- Greenwich Palace
- Rome
- New York
- Wiltshire
- Canterbury
- Devon
- Cambridge
- Jericho
- Blickling
- Dover
- Ireland
- Northumberland
- Beaulieu
- Hertfordshire
- Brussels
- Horenbout
- Berkeley
- Camden
- New Hall
- Scotland
- Wales
- Austria
- Geneva
- Suffolk
- Tonbridge
- Holbein
- Spain
- Richmond
- Body
- Abbeville
- Hever Casde
First Sentence edit
Mary Boleyn has gone down in history as a "great and infamous whore."
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alison Weir (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: October 4, 2011
ISBN: 978-0345521330
Page Count: 400
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: October 4, 2011
ISBN: 978-0345521330
Page Count: 400
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 941
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