Research Catalog

Title

Anna of Kleve : the princess in the portrait : a novel / Alison Weir.

Author

Weir, Alison, 1951-

Publication

• New York : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Description

498 pages : genealogical tables; 25 cm.

Summary

"Newly widowed and the father of an infant son, Henry VIII realizes he must marry again to ensure the royal succession. Forty-six, overweight, and suffering from gout, Henry is soundly rejected by some of Europe's most eligible princesses. Anna of Kleve, from a small German duchy, is twenty-four, and has a secret she is desperate to keep hidden. Henry commissions her portrait from his court painter, who depicts her from the most flattering perspective. Entranced by the lovely image, Henry is bitterly surprised when Anna arrives in England and he sees her in the flesh. Some think her attractive, but Henry knows he can never love her. What follows is the fascinating story of an awkward royal union that somehow had to be terminated. Even as Henry begins to warm to his new wife and share her bed, his attention is captivated by one of her maids-of-honor. Will he accuse Anna of adultery as he did Queen Anne Boleyn, and send her to the scaffold? Or will he divorce her and send her home in disgrace?"--

Series Statement

• Six Tudor queens
• Weir, Alison, 1951- Six Tudor queens.

Subjects

• Great Britain
• Historical fiction
• Biographical fiction
• FICTION / Historical / General
• FICTION / Sagas
• Novels
• England > Court and courtiers > History > 16th century > Fiction
• Great Britain > History > Henry VIII, 1509-1547 > Fiction
• Courts and courtiers
• Queens > Great Britain > Fiction
• FICTION / Biographical
• Anne, of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1515-1557 > Fiction

Genre/Form

• Biographical fiction.
• Historical fiction.
• Novels.

Note

• "Published in the United Kingdom as Anna of Kleve: Queen of Secrets by Headline Review, an imprint of the Headline Publishing Group, London."

Call Number

JFE 19-4910

ISBN

• 9781101966570
• 1101966572
• 9781101966587 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1099659636

Author

Weir, Alison, 1951- author.

Title

Anna of Kleve : the princess in the portrait : a novel / Alison Weir.

Publisher

New York : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Edition

First US edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Six Tudor queens

Weir, Alison, 1951- Six Tudor queens.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-4910