Having read books one and two back-to-back, the intermittent overlap was evident but caused minimal irritation, due in large part to the intrigue of the events being recounted from Anne’s perspective.īased on decades of extensive research, Weir gives one interpretation of Anne Boleyn’s life, charting her transformation from a demure and obedient girl to an empowered, free-thinking adult woman. Spanning from 1512 to 1536, Anne’s life is examined from the time when she is eleven years of age living in her family’s Hever Castle to the moment when the light of life leaves her eyes forever.īecause Henry VIII courts Anne Boleyn while he’s still married to Queen Katherine, some of Anne’s story overlaps with events from the first book in the series, Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen. Anne decides to play along, unaware that her machinations will be the cause of her undoing.Īnne Boleyn: A King’s Obsession is the second book in the Six Tudor Queens series (in which each book is dedicated to recounting the life of one of King Henry VIII’s wives). Though she initially spurns his advances, he remains persistent and Anne soon realizes his affections could be worked to improve her status and that of her family. Before long, Anne inadvertently catches Henry’s eye, who begs her to be his mistress. She is shuffled from one estate to another before her ambitious father arranges for Anne to work as a maiden to Queen Katherine, wife of Henry VIII.
Click here to watch a video review of this book on my channel, From Beginning to Bookend.Īnne Boleyn is eleven-years-old when she leaves her noble English family’s estate to serve at the royal court of the Netherlands.
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