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A fascinating debut biography of Jane Boleyn, the lady-in-waiting who witnessed and survived Henry VIII’s perilous reign, until she too became a sufferer.
In a life of incredible drama, Jane Boleyn was catapulted from the obscurity of the British countryside to the forefront of Henry VIII’s stunning courtroom, as lady-in-waiting to not simply one, but five of Henry’s wives. Always at the centre of courtroom life and intrigue, Jane went to the celebrations, the masque balls, and the jousts, and participated in the royal births, the marriages, the funerals, and the personal drama that swirled surrounding the king, his wives, and their courtiers. As Henry’s wives increased and then dropped, taking so many down with them, Jane stayed on. Her story gives readers an incredible, ongoing view of the personal toll that Henry’s long and ruthlessly violent reign took on the people closest to him, and positions her as a survivor — that is, until she herself became the subject of the king’s trend.
History has not been kind to the “Infamous Female Rochford,” but in this interesting biography, Julia Fox goes back to the original documents to rehabilitate Jane as a modern woman obligated by brutal circumstances to fend for herself in a privileged but vicious world.
From the Hardcover edition.
