Estelle Paranque Thorns Lust and Glory (Hardback)

Thorns Lust and GloryEstelle ParanqueLabel: Ebury PressDescription: A queen on the edge.Anne Boleyn has mesmerised the English public for centuries. Her tragic execution orchestrated by her own husband never ceases to intrigue. How did this courtier's daughter become the queen of England and what was it that really tore apart this illustrious marriage making her the whore of England an abandoned woman executed on the scaffold? While many stories of Anne Boleyn's downfall have been told few have truly traced the origins of her tragic fate.In Thorns Lust and Glory Estelle Paranque takes us back to where it all started: to France where Anne learned the lessons that would set her on the path to becoming one of England's most infamous queens. At the court of the French king as a resourceful teenage girl Anne's journey to infamy began and this landmark biography explores the world that shaped her and how these loyalties would leave her vulnerable leading to her ruin at the court of Henry VIII.A fascinating new perspective on Tudor history's most enduring story Thorns Lust and Glory is an unmissable account of a queen on the edge.