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There are few women in English history more famous or controversial than Queen Anne Boleyn. She was the second wife of Henry VIII, mother of Elizabeth I and the first English queen to be publicly executed. Much of what we think we know about her is coloured by myth and…

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Anne Boleyn continues to fascinate. As an author and researcher who studied her rise and fall for years, I always read new books about her with great interest.

Natalie Grueninger’s The Final Year of Anne Boleyn is a meticulous study of Anne’s last year and its significance. Anne’s religious beliefs and relationships with friends and enemies are carefully analyzed, offering a compelling new examination of her downfall.  

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