Mary Boleyn The True Story of Henry VIII's Favourite Mistress

by Wilkinson, Josephine

• ISBN13: 9781848680890
• ISBN10: 1848680899
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-15
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing

Summary

The scandalous true story of Mary Boleyn, infamous sister of Anne, and mistress of Henry VIII. Mary Boleyn, the infamous other Boleyn girl , began her court career as the mistress of the king of France. François I of France would later call her The Great Prostitute and the slur stuck. The bête-noir of her family, Mary was married her off to a minor courtier but it was not long before she caught the eye of Henry VIII and a new affair began. Although a bright star at Henry s court, she was soon eclipsed by her highly spirited and more accomplished sister, Anne, who rapidly took her place in the king s heart. However, the ups and downs of the Boleyn sisters were far from over. Mary would emerge the sole survivor of a family torn apart by lust and ambition, and it is in Mary and her progeny that the Boleyn legacy rests.

Author Biography

Josephine Wilkinson is an author and historian. She received a First from the University of Newcastle where she also read for her PhD. She has received British Academy research funding and has been scholar-in-residence at St Deiniol's Library, Britain's only residential library founded by the great Victorian statesman, William Gladstone She now lives in York, Richard III's favourite city.

Table of Contents

The Early Years, 1500-1514	p. 7
Mary in France, 1514-1520	p. 23
First Marriage, 'Lady Carey' 1520	p. 40
Golden Days, 1520-1522	p. 49
Kindness to a King, Mary & Henry VIII, 1522-1524	p. 55
A Turning Point, 1524	p. 68
King Henry VIII's Children? 1524-1526	p. 79
Out of Favour, 1526-1528	p. 97
Mary Eclipsed, 1529-1532	p. 117
The Queen's Sister, 1532-1534	p. 127
Second Marriage, 'love overcame reason', 1534-1536	p. 140
These Bloody Days, 1536	p. 155
The Bitter End, 1536-1543	p. 169
Notes	p. 178
Bibliography	p. 183
Acknowledgements	p. 187
List of Illustrations	p. 188
Index	p. 189
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