Anne Boleyn and Me: A Tudor Girl’s Diary, 1524-1536
Alison Prince
Language: English
Pages: 92
ISBN: 2:00360681
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Available for the first time as an ebook from the bestselling My Story series, ANNE BOLEYN AND ME is set in 1525, during Henry VIII's reign. Allegiances are divided. Henry wants to divorce his devoted wife Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn.
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1534 The court is back, buzzing and twittering like the swallows that gathered a week or two ago before they flew off in the other direction, away from the English winter. Anne Boleyn’s elder sister Mary is here, pregnant by her new and undistinguished husband, William Stafford. She married him secretly, and her father is furious, but she seems very happy. Pope Clement died on 26th September. The new Pope has not yet been elected, but whoever he is, I am sure he will be shocked by what is going
were giggling behind their hands, and I asked Mama what it meant. Her face had turned quite pink and she said, “Never mind,” so I asked Rosanna later. She told me the words meant the King has a new love, but he dares not say her name. But everyone knows her name. It is Anne Boleyn. I keep thinking about Anne, wondering what it must be like to be loved by a king who already has a wife. I came face to face with her this evening as she brought a flask of sweet wine to the Queen’s chamber. She is
the tune ended she said, “You are a lucky girl, Ellie. You have so much. A good husband. Music at your fingertips. Children.” Her lips quivered again, and she looked away out of the window with its diamond panes. They were coated with frost, for the newly lit fire had not yet started to warm the room. I began to play again, a galliard this time, hoping the faster pace would cheer her, and eventually she put away her handkerchief, but her face remained anxious and unsmiling. I know the cause of
Mary I of England. Henry desperately wanted a male heir, and his desire for a son made him impatient with Catherine. He had set his heart on a new, younger wife, and by 1526 he was wildly in love with Anne Boleyn. Anne was ambitious and clever, and she had seen from her sister’s example that the King’s favours could be short-lived, so she kept Henry at arm’s length. This astonished him, and increased his determination to marry her. In Catholic England divorce was unheard of, but Henry found a
marriage saw Henry’s love for her turn to loathing. He began to look elsewhere, and in 1535 he fell in love with the meek and submissive Jane Seymour. However, with two wives still living, another divorce was out of the question. Abetted by his new adviser, Thomas Cromwell, Henry began to think of a more drastic solution. On 7 January 1536 Catherine of Aragon died. Henry showed no great regret. On the night following Catherine’s funeral Anne Boleyn lost the baby she had been expecting. For