Hunting the falcon : Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the marriage that shook Europe
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Author
Contributors
Fox, Julia, author.
Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023].
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xxxiii, 581 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits, facsimilies, genealogical tables, photographs ; 24 cm
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Wellington Public Library - NONFICTION | 942.05 Guy | On Shelf |
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Anne Boleyn, -- Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, -- 1507-1536 -- Marriage.
Biographies.
Diplomatic relations.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Social conditions.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1509-1547.
Henry -- VIII, -- King of England, -- 1491-1547 -- Marriage.
Marriage.
Biographies.
Diplomatic relations.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- History -- Henry VIII, 1509-1547.
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Social conditions.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1509-1547.
Henry -- VIII, -- King of England, -- 1491-1547 -- Marriage.
Marriage.
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023].
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-550) and index.
Description
A groundbreaking, freshly-researched examination of one of the most dramatic and consequential marriages in Henry VIII’s long courtship, short union, and brutal execution of Anne Boleyn. Hunting the Falcon is the story of how Henry VIII’s obsessive desire for Anne Boleyn changed him and his country forever. John Guy and Julia Fox, two of the most acclaimed and distinguished historians of this period, have joined forces to present Anne and Henry in startlingly new ways. By closely examining the most recent archival discoveries, and peeling back layers of historical myth and misinterpretation and distortion, Guy and Fox are able to set Anne and Henry’s tragic relationship against the major international events of the time, and integrate and reinterpret sources hidden in plain sight or simply misunderstood. Among other things, they dispel lingering and latently misogynistic assumptions about Anne which anachronistically presumed that a sixteenth-century woman, even a queen, could exert little to no influence on the politics and beliefs of a patriarchal society. They reveal how, in fact, Anne was a shrewd, if ruthless, politician in her own right, a woman who steered Henry and his policies, often against the advice he received from his male advisers—and whom Henry seriously contemplated making joint sovereign. Hunting the Falcon sets the facts–and some completely new finds–into a far wider frame, providing an appreciation of this misunderstood and underestimated woman. It explores how Anne organized her “side” of the royal court on novel and (in male eyes) subversive lines compared to her queenly predecessors, adopting instead French protocol by which the sexes mingled freely in her private chambers. Men could share in the women’s often sexually charged courtly “pastimes” and had liberal access to Anne, and she to them—encounters from which she gained much of her political intelligence and extended her authority, and which also sowed the seeds of her own downfall. An exhilarating feat of historical research and analysis, Hunting the Falcon is also a thrilling and tragic story of a marriage that has proved of enduring fascination over the centuries. But in the hands of John Guy and Julia Fox, even the most knowledgeable reader will encounter this story as if for the first time.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Guy, J., & Fox, J. (2023). Hunting the falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the marriage that shook Europe (First U.S. edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Guy, John, 1952 November 17- and Julia, Fox. 2023. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Guy, John, 1952 November 17- and Julia, Fox. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Guy, John, and Julia Fox. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe First U.S. edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2023.
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