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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Minor: Miscarriage
3.5 out of 5 stars.
I recently read an article that exposed some of the squabbles between Tudor historians. David Starkey complained that some of the other historian's works are too gossipy and lack scholarship. What I find ironic is that the evidence we have of the dealings at the Tudor court is based on letters full of gossip and innuendo. How can Tudor history be anything but gossip-filled?
That being said, I liked this book despite it being filled with "gossip". What I didn't like is Alison slyly (and in some cases blatantly) slamming other authors and historians. I might not have noticed it before reading the article. But now, I notice it so much that I found myself distracted.
I'd still recommend this book to anyone interested in the Tudor court. Fascinating subject.
I recently read an article that exposed some of the squabbles between Tudor historians. David Starkey complained that some of the other historian's works are too gossipy and lack scholarship. What I find ironic is that the evidence we have of the dealings at the Tudor court is based on letters full of gossip and innuendo. How can Tudor history be anything but gossip-filled?
That being said, I liked this book despite it being filled with "gossip". What I didn't like is Alison slyly (and in some cases blatantly) slamming other authors and historians. I might not have noticed it before reading the article. But now, I notice it so much that I found myself distracted.
I'd still recommend this book to anyone interested in the Tudor court. Fascinating subject.
Not holding my interest. I might pick it back up at a later time.
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an insightful in depth look at the fall of Anne Boleyn that clearly looks at theories without an overtone of bias or attempt to turn the reader to any one side
The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn is based around facts surrounding Queen Anne Boleyn’s fall from court. Author, Alison Weir tries to piece together the best she can what really happened to cause Anne Boleyn to land in the tower and eventually be beheaded.
At first I thought I wasn’t sure how much I would like this book. This is only because when I realized that this book was non fiction with some fiction mixed into it, I wasn’t looking for a book all about facts. I devoured this book in one day. A big reason for this goes to the author, Alison Weir. She kept the facts about Anne Boleyn’s rise and fall interesting and not dry. There was definitely a plot against Anne Boleyn to eliminate her from power. I t was intriguing to learn about how far her enemies reach went. The one person who was very influential in having Anne beheaded was Thomas Cromwell. Alison Weir, I felt did a good job with her research and filling in the gaps on the fall of Anne Boleyn. Fans of the Tudor era should check out The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn.
At first I thought I wasn’t sure how much I would like this book. This is only because when I realized that this book was non fiction with some fiction mixed into it, I wasn’t looking for a book all about facts. I devoured this book in one day. A big reason for this goes to the author, Alison Weir. She kept the facts about Anne Boleyn’s rise and fall interesting and not dry. There was definitely a plot against Anne Boleyn to eliminate her from power. I t was intriguing to learn about how far her enemies reach went. The one person who was very influential in having Anne beheaded was Thomas Cromwell. Alison Weir, I felt did a good job with her research and filling in the gaps on the fall of Anne Boleyn. Fans of the Tudor era should check out The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn.
informative
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medium-paced
This book made me realize how much that court was like high school, only with real, not verbal, guillotines. The detail that Weir puts into Boleyn's beheading isn't gratuitous--instead, it's used to show honor and tradition and the art of beheading (I'm impressed by the executioner's strangely humane choice to remove his shoes so he could creep up behind Anne and make a sound to one side of her head so that he could approach her from the other direction and behead her with his very sharp sword).
If you already know a lot about Anne Boleyn, this might not impress you as much, but it was a good starter book.
If you already know a lot about Anne Boleyn, this might not impress you as much, but it was a good starter book.