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A different take on the reason for the successful (for Anna) divorce from Henry VIII. Far-fetched? Maybe?, but enjoyable nonetheless. 3/5👑s
I‘m doing an alphabet challenge from my stacks to get out of my book slump. My goal is 3 books/month. If I don‘t have a letter, I get to choose a “WildCard” book.

I‘ve always felt sorry for Anna as she is following the line of wives who were either divorced, beheaded or died in child birth. Alison Weir does a good job of showing Anna‘s life as filled with so much strife and what she wanted always just out of reach. Unlike the previous book in the series you don‘t get a lot of over lapping, repeating events you have already read which was a nice change for me because you get more of Anna‘s story.

"Men did commonly blame the wife if anything went wrong…"

In her latest novel, Anna of Kleve, she explores the oft-overlooked fourth wife of Henry VIII. Going off something he said to Oliver Cromwell the night after their marriage, Weir explores the possibility Anna had a secret love child long before meeting King Henry. It may not be a revolutionary take since the rumor has circulated for centuries, but at least, it's grounded in reality. https://onthebl.org/2020/06/20/anna-of-kleve-by-alison-weir/

When looking for books for this #FallisBooked prompt I noticed several of my royals books have red covers. I didn‘t even have to move them for the photo. #RedCover

Congratulations to the fabulous @Librarybelle who is celebrating an amazing milestone with #200Kgiveaway. The book I‘d like to read is the tagged one. It was mentioned in a Smithsonian magazine article, because Weir apparently runs with an unconventional theory that Anna was pregnant by another man when she married Henry VIII. So this has moved up my TBR. Thanks for a very generous giveaway.

Liking this book a lot. Anna is my favorite of the six.

The Six Tudor Queen series is a fun romp for Tudor fans. Weir does flex her creative muscles here (again more strongly than I felt with Anne Boleyn‘s novel) hypothesizing a few storylines she felt could potentially have happened. This may disgruntle some readers however personally doesn‘t bother me as it is historical fiction and not non fiction.
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