In this "energetic" (Kirkus Reviews) re-creation of Anne Boleyn's tragic life -- and death -- Robin Maxwell offers a pitch-perfect version of a bawdy and exuberant time filled with lust, betrayal, love, and murder.
When the young Queen Elizabeth I is entrusted with Anne Boleyn's secret diary, she discovers a great deal about the much-maligned mother she never knew. And on learning the truth about her lascivious and despotic father, Henry VIII, she vows never to relinquish control to any man. But this avowal doesn't prevent Elizabeth from pursuing a torrid love affair with her horsemaster, Robin Dudley -- described with near-shocking candor -- as too are Anne's graphic trysts with a very persistent and lustful Henry. Blending a historian's attention to accuracy with a novelist's artful rendering, Maxwell weaves compelling descriptions of court life and devastating portraits of actual people into her naughty, page-turning tale. The result is a masterpiece of historical fiction -- so prophetic of our time that one would think it were ripped from today's headlines.
When the young Queen Elizabeth I is entrusted with Anne Boleyn's secret diary, she discovers a great deal about the much-maligned mother she never knew. And on learning the truth about her lascivious and despotic father, Henry VIII, she vows never to relinquish control to any man. But this avowal doesn't prevent Elizabeth from pursuing a torrid love affair with her horsemaster, Robin Dudley -- described with near-shocking candor -- as too are Anne's graphic trysts with a very persistent and lustful Henry. Blending a historian's attention to accuracy with a novelist's artful rendering, Maxwell weaves compelling descriptions of court life and devastating portraits of actual people into her naughty, page-turning tale. The result is a masterpiece of historical fiction -- so prophetic of our time that one would think it were ripped from today's headlines.
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June 2008 : Library Binding
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March 2000 : Hardback
| Title: The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn Author(s): Robin Maxwell ISBN: 0-7089-4198-2 / 978-0-7089-4198-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 1998 : Library Binding
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December 1997 : Hardback
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April 1997 : Hardback
| Title: The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn Author(s): Robin Maxwell ISBN: 1-55970-375-X / 9781559703758 (USA edition) Publisher: Arcade Publishing Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1997 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
April 2002 : Paperback
| Title: The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn Author(s): Robin Maxwell ISBN: 0-7528-4854-2 / 978-0-7528-4854-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Orion Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 1998 : Paperback
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December 1997 : Paperback
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Other Editions
February 2002 : Turtleback
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