The lady in the tower

Description

One of history's most complex and alluring women comes to life in this classic novel by the legendary Jean Plaidy.Young Anne Boleyn was not beautiful but she was irresistible, capturing the hearts of kings and commoners alike. Daughter of an ambitious country lord, Anne was sent to France to learn sophistication, and then to court to marry well and raise the family's fortunes. She soon surpassed even their greatest expectations. Although his queen was loving and loyal, King Henry VIII swore he would put her aside and make Anne his wife. And so he did, though the divorce would tear apart the English church and inflict religious turmoil and bloodshed on his people for generations to come.Loathed by the English people, who called her "the King's Great Whore," Anne Boleyn was soon caught in the trap of her own ambition. Political rivals surrounded her at court and, when she failed to produce a much-desired male heir, they closed in, preying on the king's well-known insecurity and volatile temper. Wrongfully accused of adultery and incest, Anne found herself imprisoned in the Tower of London, where she was at the mercy of her husband and of her enemies.From the Trade Paperback edition.

First Sentence

HERE I LIE IN MY DARK PRISON.

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Other Editions

• The lady in the towerRobert Hale Ltd1986-01-01
• Lady in the TowerHardcoverThree Rivers Press1985-01-01
• The Lady in the TowerHardcoverThree Rivers Press1986-01-01
• Lady in the TowerHardcoverRobert Hale1986-01-01
• The Lady in the Tower (The Wives of Henry VIII)HardcoverThree Rivers Press/Doubleday Large Print1986-01-01
• The lady in the towerPutnam1986-01-01