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Anne of Cleves (characters)

This character appears in 24 books.


  1. The Wives of Henry VIII

    Also published as The Six Wives of Henry VIII

    by Antonia Fraser

    Anne of Cleves: Fourth wife of Henry VIII.

  2. The Tudors: Book 3

    The Boleyn Inheritance

    by Philippa Gregory

    Anne of Cleves: Anna of Cleves was Henry's 4th wife. A survivor, cleverer and prettier than she is often given credit for. Henry VIII is unable to bed her and so she survives to have her marriage to him annulled and to become in independent woman and find contentment living in England.

    Memorable Quotes by Anne of Cleves:

    “If I had been a gyrfalcon that my father called me, I would have flown high, and nested in lonely, cold places and ridden the free wind. Instead, I have been like a bird in a mews, always tied and sometimes hooded. Never free and sometimes blind...”

    “Truly, when a king is a god to himself and follows his own desire, the suffering falls on others”

  3. The Six Wives of Henry VIII

    by Alison Weir

    Anne of Cleves: Fourth wife of Henry VIII.

  4. Innocent Traitor

    A Novel of Lady Jane Grey

    by Alison Weir

    Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII's fourth wife. Marriage annulled and she lived as his 'sister'

  5. Once Upon a Rose

    by Judith O'Brien

    Anne of Cleves: Henry's fourth wife.

  6. Queens of England: Book 5

    The Rose Without a Thorn

    The Wives of Henry VIII

    by Jean Plaidy

    Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII's fourth wife and Catherine's former mistress.

  7. Letters of the Queens of England

    by Anne Crawford

    Anne of Cleves: Queen of England


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