In her new book, Interpretation of Henry VIII's love letters to Anne Boleyn, Barbara Parker Bell takes the reader back in time to the years of Anne Boleyn’s ascendancy. In retrospect, the seventeen love letters penned by the infatuated Henry VIII to a young woman who refused to become his mistress may seem like a prelude to a great tragedy, but they offer an amazing glimpse into the couple’s thoughts, hopes and fears.
Although the letters are one-sided because only Henry VIII’s correspondence survives and Anne’s responses were lost during the course of history, they provide invaluable insight into the early years of the relationship between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. In this book, Barbara Parker Bell places the love letters in chronological order based on years of extensive research of the letters themselves and of the lives of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII.
Although the letters are one-sided because only Henry VIII’s correspondence survives and Anne’s responses were lost during the course of history, they provide invaluable insight into the early years of the relationship between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. In this book, Barbara Parker Bell places the love letters in chronological order based on years of extensive research of the letters themselves and of the lives of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII.
