The Lady in the Tower
Jean Plaidy$15.30
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One of history's most complex and alluring women comes to life in this classic novel by the
legendary Jean Plaidy. Young Anne Boleyn was not beautiful but she was irresistible, capturing the hearts of kings and commoners alike. Daughter of an ambitious country lord, Anne was sent to France to learn sophistication, and then to court to marry well and raise the family's fortunes. She soon surpassed even their greatest expectations. Although his queen was loving and loyal, King Henry VIII swore he would put her aside and make Anne his wife. And so he did, though the divorce would tear apart the English church and inflict religious turmoil and bloodshed on his people for generations to come. Loathed by the English people, who called her "the King's Great Whore," Anne Boleyn was soon caught in the trap of her own ambition. Political rivals surrounded her at court and, when she failed to produce a much-desired male heir, they closed in, preying on the king's well-known insecurity and volatile temper. Wrongfully accused of adultery and incest, Anne found herself imprisoned in the Tower of London, where she was at the mercy of her husband and of her enemies.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 06/24/2003
ISBN: 9781400047857
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.18w x 0.90d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 70915 / Lady in the Tower
Reading Level: 6.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 26
legendary Jean Plaidy. Young Anne Boleyn was not beautiful but she was irresistible, capturing the hearts of kings and commoners alike. Daughter of an ambitious country lord, Anne was sent to France to learn sophistication, and then to court to marry well and raise the family's fortunes. She soon surpassed even their greatest expectations. Although his queen was loving and loyal, King Henry VIII swore he would put her aside and make Anne his wife. And so he did, though the divorce would tear apart the English church and inflict religious turmoil and bloodshed on his people for generations to come. Loathed by the English people, who called her "the King's Great Whore," Anne Boleyn was soon caught in the trap of her own ambition. Political rivals surrounded her at court and, when she failed to produce a much-desired male heir, they closed in, preying on the king's well-known insecurity and volatile temper. Wrongfully accused of adultery and incest, Anne found herself imprisoned in the Tower of London, where she was at the mercy of her husband and of her enemies.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 06/24/2003
ISBN: 9781400047857
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.18w x 0.90d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 70915 / Lady in the Tower
Reading Level: 6.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 26