Mary Boleyn : the mistress of kings / Alison Weir
- Author:
- Weir, Alison, 1951-
- Published:
- New York : Ballantine Books, 2011.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 364 pages, 16 pages of plates : genealogical tables, portraits ; 25 cm
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.The Boleyns -- 2.The Carey Connections -- 3.The Careys -- 4.The Knollys Connections -- 5.The Stafford Family -- 1.The Eldest Daughter -- 2.The Best of Husbands -- 3.Into the Realm of France -- 4.A Very Great Whore? -- 5.William Carey, of the Privy Chamber -- 6.The Assault on the Castle of Virtue -- 7.Living in Avoutry -- 8.Hiding Royal Blood -- 9.The Sister of Your Former Concubine -- 10.In Bondage -- 11.High Displeasure -- 12.A Poor Honest Life.
- Summary:
- Presents a historical profile of Henry VIII's mistress and the sister of Anne Boleyn, examining her affair with Francis I of France, rise and fall in the Tudor court, and obscure later years after she married for love.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780345521330 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
0345521331 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9780345521354 (ebook)
0345521358 (ebook) - Note:
- "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, a division of Random House Group Limited, London, in 2011"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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