Hayley Nolan
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Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies
6 editions
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2019
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“I hate to be the one to break the news, but epic love stories don’t end with one partner decapitating the other.”
― Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies
― Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies
“It’s no secret that he believed he was personally chosen by God to be the king of England; for this reason, he felt himself closer to the Almighty than everyone else. So he took it as a sign of the Lord’s ardent displeasure when he failed to produce a son and heir to his hallowed throne with Katherine of Aragon. Although Henry was aware of the potential issues in marrying his brother’s widow from the start, it wasn’t until God made his anger known concerning the distinct lack of sons that he began to take it seriously. By the time a passage in the Book of Leviticus was brought to his attention, he knew he was in trouble. He obsessed over the scripture that stated in no uncertain terms: ‘Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife; it is thy brother’s nakedness. And if a man should take his brother’s wife it is an unclean thing: they shall be childless.’ Incidentally, this was deemed to apply only to male children because, lest we forget, Henry had a daughter by Katherine of Aragon, Princess Mary.”
― Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies
― Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies
“The problem is, history is written by the winners. The story the world was told of Anne Boleyn in the sixteenth century was carefully stage-managed by those who killed her, so is there any wonder that what has filtered down is a warped and perverted version?”
― Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies
― Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies
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