![]() ![]() I found myself taken aback at first by the revelation of the “secret” Anna, as she’s called here, carries. But I was intrigued by this Six Wives fiction series, and while I didn’t like that she showed her infamous bias in the one for Anne Boleyn and didn’t have much interest in the Jane Seymour one, she did a good, if tried-and-true portrayal of Catherine of Aragon, and was curious which direction she would take Anne of Cleves.Īnd the portrayal is, by her own admission, controversial. ![]() Hardcover | $28.00 USD | ISBN-13: 978-1101966570 | 498 pages | Historical FictionĪlison Weir is a superstar in the world of Tudor history, known mostly for her nonfiction, but I’ve noticed her fiction tends to get more mixed reviews, and that is definitely the case with Anna of Kleve as well, as she straddles the line between the historical accuracy she’s known for and the sensationalism that made her peers like Philippa Gregory famous. Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait. ![]()
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