Bøger af Caroline Angus

Almost 500 years have passed since the death of Anne Boleyn, and yet, there has never been a suggestion she was guilty of the crimes which saw her executed. Attempts to muddy AnneâEUR(TM)s reputation throughout history have not lessened her popularity nor convinced anyone she was an adulterer. But many myths surrounding AnneâEUR(TM)s conviction for sleeping with George Boleyn, Henry Norris, Francis Weston, William Brereton, and Mark Smeaton have cropped up due to centuries of lies, slander, and misinformation from detractors. One month after Anne was executed, the Convocation of Canterbury ratified the paperwork detailing her arrest, conviction, execution, and the annulment of the marriage between King Henry VIII and his second wife. As parliament had already ruled AnneâEUR(TM)s only child, Princess Elizabeth, was no longer heir to the throne, all the paperwork surrounding the trial was destroyed. No trace of her charges, witness statements, evidence, or even Archbishop Thomas CranmerâEUR(TM)s reasoning for annulling the royal marriage survived the mass destruction. Everyone was supposed to forget Anne Boleyn and accept Queen Jane. But why did Anne Boleyn ever need to die? King Henry had started little more than an infatuation with Jane Seymour in December 1535\. Yet, many saw the opportunity to pounce, not to reduce AnneâEUR(TM)s influence but to increase Princess MaryâEUR(TM)s standing. As Vicegerent Thomas Cromwell and Ambassador Eustace Chapuys whispered of alliances in secret meetings, the Catholic nobility and the White Roses began to hatch their plan to restore the kingâEUR(TM)s daughter, Princess Mary, to her rightful place at court. Just as Katharine of Aragon died, Anne Boleyn felt secure as EnglandâEUR(TM)s queen, only to find that her adversaryâEUR(TM)s death would soon bring on her own. Why did political and religious enemies of Thomas Cromwell seek him in the months leading to AnneâEUR(TM)s death, expecting his co-operation to restore Princess Mary? Did Jane Seymour have any significance and why did King Henry and Thomas Cromwell get into a public shouting match at a dinner party? The answers lie not in what evidence remains of court life in early 1536 but in the gaps left behind. None of the characters that played a role in Anne BoleynâEUR(TM)s death were strangers; all had connections, alliances and opportunities, and when their pasts and futures are laid together, we can see how a haphazard plan to end a queenâEUR(TM)s life had almost nothing to do with her at all.

What can you say about a teenage girl who longed to die? That she was naively beautiful. Unknowingly brilliant. That she loved poetry and literature. And The Doors. That she was me. A Part Hate is a unique insider's memoir that unmasks the unspoken terror of depression. This collection of poetry, written over twenty years ago, reveals the painfully overwhelming and desperate thoughts of a severely depressed teenager on the verge of suicide, struggling to overcome intense inner turmoil in a world distracted by outer turmoil. Suicide is an international epidemic that needs to be spotlighted. Now is the time for the world to listen, to understand, and to see things from a different perspective. A Part Hate aims to shake the stigma by providing an authentic view from the ground that should not be ignored.

Caroline Angus takes a fresh look at the early lives of King Henry's children, the many children sadly lost, and evaluates the claims made by the men and women rumoured to be the king's illegitimate children.

Using a wide variety of primary material, this exciting biography weaves a new narrative on the indefatigable Thomas Cromwell, illustrating him more vividly than we've known him before.