Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn, 1st Marchioness of Pembroke (c.1507 – May 19, 1536) was the second wife and queen consort of Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and marriage to Anne was part of the complex beginning of the considerable political and religious upheaval which was the English Reformation, with Anne herself actively promoting the cause of Church Reform. She is probably best known for her premature death when she was beheaded on false charges of adultery and treason. Her life has been the subject of numerous biographies, novels, motion pictures, plays and operas.

Recommended Biographies

• Anne Boleyn by Marie-Louise Bruce (1972)
• The Challenge of Anne Boleyn by Hester W. Chapman (1974)
• Anne Boleyn by Professor E.W. Ives (1986)
• The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn: Family politics at the court of Henry VIII by Professor R.M. Warnicke (1989)
• The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir (1991)
• The Wives of Henry VIII by Lady Antonia Fraser (1992)
• The Politics of Marriage by David Loades (1994)
• Divorced Beheaded Survived: A Feminist Reinterpretation of the Wives of Henry VIII by Karen Lindsey (1995)
• Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by Dr. David Starkey (2003)
• Anne Boleyn: A new life of England's tragic queen by Joanna Denny (2004)
• The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Professor E.W. Ives (2004)