 | Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions Subjects: Anne Boleyn Queen consort of Henry VIII King of England 1501?–1536; Queens -- England -- Biography; Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII 1509–1547 -- Biography; Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; Henry VIII King of England 1491–1547; A new look at Henry VIII's second wife He depicts Anne Boleyn as a captivating, intelligent, and highly sexual woman whose attractions Henry resisted for years until marriage could ensure legitimacy for their offspring. He shows that it was Henry, not Anne, who developed the ideas that led to the break with Rome. And, most radically, he argues that the allegations of adultery that led to Anne's execution in the Tower could be close to the truth. G. W. Bernard is professor of early modern history at the University of Southampton and editor of the English Historical Review . He is the author of The King's Reformation: Henry VIII and the Remaking of the English Church . He li |
