Many Faces of Anne Boleyn

Mistress. Queen. Reformer. Traitor. Icon. This book is not like any others you might have read on AnneBoleyn. It is not a biography of the life of Henry VIII's secondwife and queen. What this book does is to examine AnneBoleyn through images and perceptions of her. Throughdocuments, letters, images, propaganda, films, novels andhistorical biographies, this book explores Anne Boleyn throughmore than 500 years of history. Explore how perceptions ofher have changed and developed over time. Whether she isseen as a mistress, a queen, a mother, a reformer, a traitor, ora tragic heroine, Anne Boleyn continues to inspire so muchexploration and even new discoveries today. See Annethrough the eyes of people who knew her, loved her, hatedher, and studied her. In the present day, Anne Boleyn hasquite a devoted scholarship, honed through perceptions builtover the last half a millennium. Her life, reign, and tragic deathat the hands of the man who tore England apart to be with herhave made Anne Boleyn one of the most divisive and excitingfigures in English history.