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In a life of extraordinary drama, Jane Boleyn was catapulted from relative obscurity to the inner circle of King Henry VIII. As powerful men and women around her became victims of Henry’s ruthless and absolute power, including her own husband and sister-in-law, Queen Anne Boleyn, Jane’s... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Henry Parker: Add a description of this character.
- Anne Boleyn: The ill-fated second wife of Henry VIII and sister-in-law to Jane, Lady Rochford.
- Jane Seymour: The third wife of Henry VIII, she died after giving birth to Edward VI. Jane Boleyn was lady in waiting to her.
- George Boleyn: Brother of Anne Boleyn and husband to Jane.
- Mary Carey
- Catherine Howard: Henry VIII's fifth, flighty wife. Jame was also a lady-in-waiting to her, with dire consequences.
- Katherine
- Cromwell
- Thomas Boleyn
- Henry Vii
- Lord Morley
- Culpepper
- Francis
- Chapuys
- Cranmer
- Charles
- Elizabeth
- Margaret
- Norris
- Edward
- Fisher
- Wolsey
- Ormond
- Gage
- James
- Foxe
- Anthony Anthony
- Lady Shelton
- Clement
- William
- Manox
- Weston
- Alice
- Davenport
- David
- Henry Viii
- Wyatt
- Jane Rochford
- Lady Morley
- Peacock
- Thomas More
- Brereton
- Arthur
- Walsingham
- Geoffrey
Setting & Locations edit
- Norfolk
- London
- Greenwich
- England
- Suffolk
- Calais
- France
- Dereham
- Great Hallingbury
- Ise
- Rome
- Beaulieu
- Spain
- Richmond
- Northumberland
- Aylesbury
- Buckinghamshire
- White Tower
- Blickling
- Cambridge
- Dover
- Horsham
- York Place
- Audley
- Windsor
- Lincoln
- Pembroke
- Canterbury
- Ireland
- Europe
- Swaffham
- Wiltshire
- Rochester
- Syon
- St. Paul
- Swavesey
- Worcester
- Exeter
- Boccaccio
First Sentence edit
It was time to go.
Table of Contents edit
Family Trees
The Parkers
The Boleyns
The Howards
Note on Units of Currency
Prologue: The Hand of Fate
The Early Years
1. Childhood
2. All that Glisters
3. Chateau Vert
4. A Suitable Match
5. For Better, for Worse
Woman in the Shadows
6. Kindness Captures a King
7. The Falcon's Rise
8. Lady-in-Waiting
9. The Sweat
10. Fortune's Wheel
11. Almost There
A Woman of Importance
12. Soaring with the Falcon
13. The Falcon Crowned
14. Long May We Reign
15. Birth of a Niece
16. The Boleyns Rampant
The Winds of Change
17. The King's Displeasure
18. Happy Families
19. The Final Flourish
20. The Wheel Turns
21. The Edge of the Precipice
22. Death of the Falcon
Carving a Career
23. Taking Stock
24. A New Beginning
25. A Prince at Last
26. The Bitterness of Death
27. A Woman of Property
28. A Question of Trust
The Path to the Block
29. The King's Jewel
30. In the Maidens' Chamber
31. "That Bawd, the Lady Jane Rochford"
32. Royal Justice
Epilogue: History Finds a Scapegoat
Acknowledgments
Appendix: The Likeness of Jane Boleyn
References and Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0345485416
Page Count: 400
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0345485416
Page Count: 400
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 942.052092
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