Biographies & Memoirs

The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn

The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn

Drawing on myriad sources from the Tudor era, bestselling author Alison Weir provides the first book ever to examine, in unprecedented depth, the gripping story of Anne Boleyn’s final days. The Lady in the Tower explores the motives and intrigues of those who helped to seal the queen’s fate, unraveling the tragic tale of Anne’s fall, from her miscarriage of the son who would have saved her to the final, dramatic scene on the scaffold. What emerges is an extraordinary portrayal of a woman of great courage, tested to the extreme by the terrible plight in which she found herself, a powerful queen whose enemies were bent on utterly destroying her. Horrifying but captivating, The Lady in the Towerpresents the full array of evidence of Anne Boleyn’s guilt—and innocence. Only in Alison Weir’s capable hands can readers learn the truth about the fate of one of the most influential and fascinating figures in English history.

PREFACE

GENEALOGICAL TABLES

PROLOGUE: The Solemn Joust

Chapter 1. Occurrences That Presaged Evil

Chapter 2. The Scandal of Christendom

Chapter 3. The Frailty of Human Affairs

Chapter 4. Plotting the Affair

Chapter 5. Unlawful Lechery

Chapter 6. Turning Trust to Treason

Chapter 7. To the Tower

Chapter 8. Stained in Her Reputation

Chapter 9. The Most Mischievous and Abominable Treasons

Chapter 10. More Accused than Convicted

Chapter 11. Fighting Without a Weapon

Chapter 12. Just, True, and Lawful Impediments

Chapter 13. For Now I Die

Chapter 14. When Death Hath Played His Part

Chapter 15. The Concubine’s Little Bastard

Chapter 16. A Work of God’s Justice

APPENDIX: Legends

NOTES ON SOME OF THE SOURCES

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

NOTES AND REFERENCES

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