The Creation of Anne Boleyn

“Bordo’s sharp studying of Boleyniana and her clear affection for this proud, uncommon lady make this an entertaining, provocative learn.”—Boston Globe

Half biography, half cultural historical past, The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a reconstruction of Boleyn’s life and an illuminating have a look at her very energetic afterlife within the fashionable creativeness. With current novels, motion pictures, and tv exhibits, Anne has been having a twenty-first-century second, however Bordo exhibits what number of generations of polemicists, biographers, novelists, and filmmakers have imagined and reimagined her: whore, martyr, cautionary story, proto-“imply lady,” feminist icon, and all the pieces in between. Drawing on scholarship and razor-sharp evaluation, Bordo probes the complexities of certainly one of historical past’s most intriguing girls, teasing out what we really find out about Anne Boleyn and what we expect we find out about her.

“Riveting . . . Bordo’s eloquent examine not solely recovers Anne Boleyn for our occasions but in addition demonstrates the methods by which legends develop out of the faintest wisps of historic reality.” —E-book Web page

“Engrossing . . . Ms. Bordo provides a captivating dialogue.”—New York Instances