The Lady in the Tower, Jean Plaidy
The Lady in the Tower, Jean Plaidy
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The Lady in the Tower
The Wives of Henery VIII

Author: Jean Plaidy

Narrator: Anne Flosnik

Unabridged: 16 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/08/2008

Synopsis

One of historys most complex and alluring women, Anne Boleyn was irresistible to kings and commoners alike. Daughter of an ambitious country lord, Anne was sent to France to marry well and raise the familys fortunes. She soon surpassed even their greatest expectations when King Henry VIII swore he would put aside his loyal queen to make Anne his wife. And so he did, though the divorce would tear apart the English church and inflict religious turmoil and bloodshed on his people for generations to come. Loathed by the English people, Anne was soon caught in the trap of her own ambition. When she failed to produce a muchdesired male heir, her political rivals closed in, wrongfully accusing her of adultery and incest. Anne found herself imprisoned in the Tower of London, at the mercy of her husband and her enemies.

About Jean Plaidy

Jean Plaidy, one of the preeminent authors of historical fiction for most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English author Eleanor Hibbert, also known as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy’s novels had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her death in 1993.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary on May 26, 2022

Anne Boleyn was the second and most famous of Henry VIII's six wives. Henry's determination to marry her, in part, led to the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church. Another reason was that Henry wanted the wealth of the Church in his own hands being a greedy grasping man. T......more

Goodreads review by Skye on October 10, 2017

First I'd like to thank my good friend Marian for sending her copy from Canada; she is the expert on the Tudor time frame. This is a wonderful perspective of Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII's most notorious wife. Jean Plaidy presents a fictional version of Anne, told by Anne's point of view in epistolar......more

Goodreads review by Clau on August 29, 2021

Ana Bolena la dama de la torre es uno de mis libros favoritos desde siempre. Lo amé lo primera vez que lo leí hace casi 10 años y en esta relectura lo amé más. Sois vos, Ana Bolena. Me habéis atormentado desde el momento en que puse mis ojos sobre vos por primera vez Este libro se centra exclusivament......more

Goodreads review by Lois on June 24, 2019

This was ok. Lots of weirdly incorrect facts but this was written in the 80's so I'm not sure how much of what is now common knowledge was in the 80's.......more

Goodreads review by Arleigh on December 16, 2012

This is the book that started my obsession with Jean Plaidy–the first of her novels I read and my absolute favorite characterization of Anne Boleyn. Eight years have passed, and reading it again I stand by my initial delight in finding an admirable protagonist in Anne–after having been introduced to......more

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