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Guy, J. A. (John Alexander)
Subjects
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Marriage.
Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536 -- Marriage.
Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Guy, J. A. (John Alexander)
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 -- Marriage.
Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536 -- Marriage.
Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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Hunting
the
falcon
:
Henry
VIII
,
Anne
Boleyn
, and the
marriage
that
shook
Europe
/ John Guy and Julia Fox.
by
Guy, J. A. (John Alexander)
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.
Call #:
942.052 G986h
Subjects
Henry
VIII
, King of England, 1491-1547 --
Marriage
.
Anne
Boleyn
, Queen, consort of
Henry
VIII
, King of England, 1507-1536 --
Marriage
.
Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Great Britain -- History --
Henry
VIII
, 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780063073449 (hc)
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
xxxiii, 581 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), genealogical tables ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-550) and index.
Summary:
"A groundbreaking, freshly-researched examination of one of the most dramatic and consequential marriages in history:
Henry
VIII’s long courtship, short union, and brutal execution of
Anne
Boleyn
.
Hunting
the
Falcon
is the story of how
Henry
VIII’s obsessive desire for
Anne
Boleyn
changed him and his country forever. John Guy and Julia Fox, two of the most acclaimed and distinguished historians of this period, have joined forces to present
Anne
and
Henry
in startlingly new ways. By closely examining the most recent archival discoveries, and peeling back layers of historical myth and misinterpretation and distortion, Guy and Fox are able to set
Anne
and Henry’s tragic relationship against the major international events of the time, and integrate and reinterpret sources hidden in plain sight or simply misunderstood. Among other things, they dispel lingering and latently misogynistic assumptions about
Anne
which anachronistically presumed that a sixteenth-century woman, even a queen, could exert little to no influence on the politics and beliefs of a patriarchal society. They reveal how, in fact,
Anne
was a shrewd, if ruthless, politician in her own right, a woman who steered
Henry
and his policies, often against the advice he received from his male advisers -- and whom
Henry
seriously contemplated making joint sovereign.
Hunting
the
Falcon
sets the facts -- and some completely new finds -- into a far wider frame, providing an appreciation of this misunderstood and underestimated woman. It explores how
Anne
organized her “side” of the royal court on novel and (in male eyes) subversive lines compared to her queenly predecessors, adopting instead French protocol by which the sexes mingled freely in her private chambers. Men could share in the women’s often sexually charged courtly “pastimes” and had liberal access to
Anne
, and she to them -- encounters from which she gained much of her political intelligence and extended her authority, and which also sowed the seeds of her own downfall. An exhilarating feat of historical research and analysis,
Hunting
the
Falcon
is also a thrilling and tragic story of a
marriage
that has proved of enduring fascination over the centuries. But in the hands of John Guy and Julia Fox, even the most knowledgeable reader will encounter this story as if for the first time."--Publisher.
Other authors:
Fox, Julia.
Holds:
3
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Woodlawn Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
942.052 G986h
Adult books
Checked out
Jul 15, 2024
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Adult Nonfiction
942.052 G986h
Core Collection - Adult
Checked out
Jul 08, 2024
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