Anne Boleyn: Henry VIII's Obsession (33 page)
20. Hatfield House, Hertfordshire. The childhood home of Anne’s daughter, Elizabeth and the place where, in 1558, she was informed that she had become queen (Elizabeth Norton).
21. Hampton Court. The great palace which passed to Henry following the fall of Wolsey (Elizabeth Norton).
22. Decoration outside the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court showing the entwined initials of Anne’s successor, Jane Seymour with Henry’s. Anne may never have recognised just how formidable a rival she had in Jane (Elizabeth Norton).
23. Traitor’s Gate, under which Anne passed on her way into the Tower (Elizabeth Norton).
24. Catherine Howard, Anne’s cousin and successor as Henry’s wife shown as the Queen of Sheba in a window at King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. Catherine would follow her cousin to the block less than six years after Anne’s death (Elizabeth Norton).
25. The Tower of London. The formidable fortress in which Anne was imprisoned and spent her last days (Elizabeth Norton).
26. The chapel of St Peter ad Vincula on Tower Green with the scaffold site where Anne died in the foreground (Elizabeth Norton).
27. Anne Boleyn. Anne was noted for her black hair and captivating dark eyes (Elizabeth Norton).
28. A later artist’s impression of Anne Boleyn showing evidence of her fate below the portrait (Elizabeth Norton).
29. Anne’s father, Thomas Boleyn. Thomas recognised his youngest daughter’s promise and always expected her to make an advantageous marriage (Elizabeth Norton).
30. Anne’s uncle, the Duke of Norfolk. Norfolk was ambitious for his family and saw two of his nieces become the wives of Henry VIII (Elizabeth Norton).
31. Margaret of Austria. Anne’s first appointment was with the regent of the Netherlands and Anne flourished at Margaret’s cultured court (Elizabeth Norton).
32. Mary Tudor, the French Queen. Anne left Margaret of Austria to serve Mary Tudor in France and was a witness to the French Queen’s secret disgrace (Elizabeth Norton).
33. Francis I of France. The French king was notoriously licentious and counted Anne’s sister amongst his mistresses (Elizabeth Norton).
34. Henry VIII. Anne met the king when he was in his prime and the attraction between the couple is likely to have been mutual (Elizabeth Norton).
35. Thomas Wyatt. Anne enjoyed a flirtation with the poet but his marriage meant that their relationship could never advance to anything deeper (Elizabeth Norton).
36. Cardinal Wolsey. Henry’s chief minister and Anne’s greatest enemy (Elizabeth Norton).
37. Catherine of Aragon. Neither Anne nor Henry can ever have imagined just how fiercely Catherine would fight to remain as Henry’s wife and his queen (Elizabeth Norton).
38. Emperor Charles V. Catherine’s nephew and a staunch supporter of her rights during the King’s Great Matter (Elizabeth Norton).
39. Pope Clement VII. The Pope was kept as a virtual prisoner by the emperor and was never in a position to pronounce in favour of Henry’s divorce (Elizabeth Norton).
40. William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury. The death of the conservative archbishop cleared the way for the appointment of the more radical Thomas Cranmer (Elizabeth Norton).
41. Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury. Cranmer had been a chaplain of the Boleyn family and he shared their reformist ideals (Elizabeth Norton).
42. Thomas Cromwell. Henry’s chief minister and one of the men responsible for Anne’s fall (Elizabeth Norton).
43. Anne’s daughter, Elizabeth I as queen. Anne was proud of her daughter and must have been fearful for Elizabeth’s future following her arrest (Elizabeth Norton).
44. Mary Tudor, Henry’s eldest daughter. Anne always saw Mary as a rival to her own daughter and was determined to crush her opposition (Elizabeth Norton).
45. Thomas More. Henry’s chancellor died for his refusal to swear the Oath of Succession and so recognise the validity of Anne’s marriage and the legitimacy of her children (Elizabeth Norton).
46. Jane Seymour. Anne’s rival and successor as queen was coached on how to present a contrast to Anne to the King (Elizabeth Norton).
47. A nineteenth century illustration of the condemnation of Anne Boleyn showing the queen as a romantic heroine (Elizabeth Norton).
Table of Contents
1. Sir Thomas Boleyn’s Daughter
2. So Pleasing in Her Youthful Age
15. Sick and Tired of the Concubine
Notes
Bibliography
List of Illustrations