![]() Mary is troubled, but she hears no more about Anne Boleyn until she discovers that her father has exiled her mother and is trying to marry Anne! The King, searching for some Biblical reference that supports his claim that his marriage to Catherine of Aragon was illegitimate, says that since Catherine had been his brother’s wife before she had married him, his marriage to her was unlawful. Mary is not particularly interested in Anne until she catches her father, the king, staring at her during the masque. Anne wears mostly black and white clothing, and a ribbon about her neck. During a masque while her betrothed is visiting England, Mary notices a certain lady-in-waiting named Anne Boleyn. Mary does not look forward to marrying, even meeting, her future husband. The book starts when Mary Tudor is about eleven years old, and her father, King Henry VIII, has decided she should marry the king of France, King Francis. I hate to start off a book review with such a vague word describing the book, but what else would I use? Amazing, fascinating, interesting? The book is all these and more. ![]()
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