lucreziaborgia: A N N E B O L E Y Nthe falcon who flew too close to the sun ‘So
lucreziaborgia: A N N E B O L E Y Nthe falcon who flew too close to the sun ‘So much saccharin drivel has been written on the subject of Anne Boleyn, so many Hollywood movies made, so many bodice-buster romances produced, that we serious historians are supposed to avert our gaze from the tragic soap opera of her life and concentrate on the meaty stuff – like the social and political origins of the Reformation or the Tudor revolution in government. But, try as we might, we keep coming back – time and again – to the subject of Anne, because it turns out that she was, after all, historical prime cause number one.’– Simon Schama, A History of Britain the happiest of birthdays to @boleynqueens -- source link
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