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Lena asked this question about The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10):
What was the relationship between Anne and her brother in the beginning? I'm getting a sense of incest coming from the brother but it never gets explained.
KayReed I think the author keeps the reader questioning this until the end of the book. I got the sense that Jane (the wife) testified against George just out…moreI think the author keeps the reader questioning this until the end of the book. I got the sense that Jane (the wife) testified against George just out of hurt or spite because she was jealous of Anne and George's close relationship, that she felt shut out of.(less)
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Lena Sorry I should have been more clear, I meant Anne of Cleves
Dec 11, 2015 03:56AM · flag
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LlobaFera Sorry KayReed, it's clear that Anna Boleyn and his brother have sexual relations and she use George to give Henry (who is impotent) a son.

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Darlene Costner I don't believe that Anne Boleyn and her brother George were guilty of incest, but Lady Rochford (Jane Boleyn) who was married to George was insanely ...more
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