The rise and fall of anne boleyn ebook

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Have a card? Personally I think the fact that she was a very religious woman and did swear upon the sacrament not once but twice helps to show that she was innocent of the charges brought against her. Yes she did introduce Henry VIII to some new religious ideas and yes she did support and assist many people who had evangelical leanings and probably shared some of their thoughts and beliefs, but that certainly does not make Anne an evangelical fanatic or a Lutheran. She was as Loades states, still very much orthodox Catholic in her beliefs.

This was such an interesting and thought provoking read and I thoroughly enjoyed what Loades had to say about the topic of religion and Anne Boleyn. As I said it was for me my favourite part of this book. I waited quite a while to receive my copy of this book but the wait ended up being well worthwhile.

Loades has a brilliant mastery of the English language and writes in such a style that it captures the reader and draws them in, always encouraging them to want to learn more. I do admire and respect David Loades as a historian and a writer and look forward to reading more of his works. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in Tudor history and especially anyone who is interested in any member of the famous Boleyn family.

Feb 15, Shawn Thrasher rated it liked it. Books about the Boleyn family are always going to be interesting. What Loades does best here is separate out the fictional Boleyns from what we actually know about them.

Loades doesn't go here; he's not writing historical fiction. Even a "just the facts, ma'm" book about the Boleyns is still juicy and captivating; they were fascinating people who lived in one of those "interesting" times. All that said, Loades book is uneven. The chapters often circled back on themselves in ways that, while not confusing, seemed "unedited. I think this book is more aimed at people who like historical fiction about the Tudors and are interested in the actual historical roots of these stories, not so much at people who already have a bit of background knowledge.

It is quite introductory and very shallow at times and does not always distinguish properly between sound facts and speculation. I found it very I picked up this book at Savers op-shop in Melbourne in January It looked unread. I have Wolf Hall as an explanation for why I picked it up. Hillary Mantel visited the Tudor ages and blew it up. That was my experience and since then I have been curious about this period of history.

I have done a fair bit of reading about the Stuart period, both from a textile point of view and from an historical and cultural point of view. The Stuarts are not so distant from the Tudors. But I digress. What about the Tudors? This is a fine and quite readable little history of a Tudor family — the Boleyns — written by David Loades, who has an impressive list of Tudor history publications after his name. I would certainly consider reading more of his books, should my interest in Tudor history develop further than this chance encounter in an op shop.

The author treats each important member of the Boleyn family to a chapter and describes that person, what we can know about them through the imperfect original sources, and what that person experienced in their relationship to power. The final chapter of the book — Conclusion: A Political Family? I found to be the most engaging. I found a couple of things a bit tricky — there are lot of women named Mary in this period of history…hmmm…sometimes I got confused.

Also, Loades will refer to a person by name and sometimes by their title so Thomas Boleyn once he is the Earl of Wiltshire he can then referred to as Wiltshire — again with the confusion. Finally, the non-explanation of terms relating to land ownership caused me to wish that I had a Tudor economics for dummies by my bed. But these were minor issues. Overall, I recommend the book if you are interested in this period of history.

You will gain some good insights into Tudor power. Nov 09, Ruth Harwood rated it liked it. It stinks of mysogyny, even talking about a family living in the past, whatever the era, it's not a phrase that should be uttered in an academic work, to my mind, written in the here and now. That's all relating to that, I just felt obliged, after the way it made me recoil from the page if it had been at the beginning of the book I wouldn't have passed the first page!

The rest of the book is eminently readable for the interested, student or not, and full of information, not only about this family whose fame lasted a mere flicker of the candle, but of the other families of the time, and the author does pass an informative point of view in which to frame the rise and fall. I think in further editions, the female line should be the phrase used, or something akin, so that such awful connotations are never connected to the author.

This phrase would have been picked out and altered by any self-respecting editor, meaning this is an issue with the author for unwise word choice and the editor for shoddy work Apr 20, Bill38silver rated it liked it Shelves: history. As a relative novice to Tudor history I had high hopes for a clear lucid account but the overall impression was "disappointing". This one did seem to have been thrown together in a bit of a rush. I found the flow or structure of the book rather confusing and easily lo As a relative novice to Tudor history I had high hopes for a clear lucid account but the overall impression was "disappointing".

I found the flow or structure of the book rather confusing and easily lost track of who was who. I was surprised a simple family tree was not provided. Reading the book over several days may have added to my confusion. Having spent 25 pages on a nephew, Henry Carey, Loades says "he was uninteresting" compared to Elizabeth 1st.

Who wasn't, and if not interesting, why include him? Perhaps a thinner book would have been better focussed entirely on the "other Boleyns" and leaving out most of the detail on Anne and Elizabeth who are covered in numerous other books. But then would it be of as much interest? Aug 11, Kara rated it it was ok Shelves: tudor-fact , tudor-wife Here, Loades presents what was mostly a biography on Anne Boleyn, with facts rearranged out of order to try and make it look like it was examining the whole family.

Also, Loades overlooks a lot of obvious instances of the persecution of women, instead putting the onus back on them, going on about Anne Boleyn playing "hard to get" with Henry For a more nuanced and comprehensive book on the Boleyn family, see Elizabeth Norton's The Boleyn Women: The Tudor Femmes Fatales Who Changed English History.

Also, Loades overlooks a lot of obvious instances of the persecution of women, instead putting the onus back on them, going on about Anne Boleyn playing "hard to get" with Henry rather than any suggestion she might not have wanted his attentions, and Elizabeth's sexual harassment from Thomas Seymour is dismissed as "horseplay. Sep 22, Joanne Tognarelli rated it liked it. Interesting read and covers some of the other characters in the Boleyn saga.

Dec 30, Rob rated it liked it Shelves: A decent primer if you are just getting into the Tudors and are curious about the Boleyns. Not that in-depth. An interesting topic wasted on an overload of information.

Mar 05, Stephanie Miceli rated it liked it. Not as detailed or in depth as I would have preferred, but still an interesting read on the rise of Thomas Boleyn and his famous children and their dramatic fall from grace. Nov 02, Trish rated it liked it. I have read numerous books on Tudor England and have always found them to be informative and enlightening.

So, it was a surprise to find this offering on the Boleyn family disappointing. From the outset the book was written for a general readership. If you want to fully download the book online first you need to visit our download link then you must need signup for free trials. The first thing she thought of, however, was not the rain, but the lady in the tower; and the first question that occupied her thoughts was whether she should not ask the nurse to fulfil her promise this very morning, and go with her to find her grandmother as soon as she had had her breakfast.

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