The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn
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The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn by Robin Maxwell
Robin Maxwell s debut novel introduces Anne Boleyn and her daughter, Elizabeth: one was queen for a thousand days, the other for more than forty years. Both were passionate, headstrong women, loved and hated by Henry VI. At the beginning of Elizabeth s reign, her mother s private diary is given to her by a mysterious lady. In reading it, the young ruler herself embroiled in a dangerous love affair discovers a great deal about her much maligned mother. Through Anne s writing, Elizabeth finds an echo of her own dramatic life as a powerful young woman at the center of England s male establishment and, with the knowledge gained from it, makes a resolution that will change the course of history. A wonderfully juicy historical novel so convincing that it s difficult to believe it is the author s first. . . . Maxwell brings . . . all of bloody Tudor England vividly to life. - Publishers Weekly (starred review) An historical fiction classic. Beware: this is truly addictive reading. Michelle Moran, author of Madame Tussaud Dazzling. Historical fiction at its finest. - C. W. Gortner, author of The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
Robin Maxwell began writing novels about the historical figures she had been obsessing about since graduating from Tufts University with a degree in Occupational Therapy. The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn, her bestselling debut and the first novel in her Elizabethan Quartet, won two YA awards and has been translated into fourteen languages. It was followed by The Queen's Bastard and The Virgin Elizabeth, which was an Los Angeles Times bestseller. The Wild Irish--an epic tale of Ireland's rebel queen, Grace O'Malley--closed out her Elizabethan Quartet and is now in development for a television series. Signora Da Vinci and Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan are tales of the remarkable women behind two of the world's most beloved wildmen, Maestro Leonardo and Lord Greystoke. Robin lives with her husband of forty years, yogi Max Thomas, at High Desert Eden, a wildlife sanctuary in the Mojave Desert.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781559703758 |
| ISBN 10 | 155970375X |
| Title | The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn |
| Author | Robin Maxwell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Arcade Publishing |
| Year published | 1997-04-24 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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