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Een Enkel Uur Van Klatergoud: De Tragedie Van Anna Boleyn (1971)

by Margaret Campbell Barnes(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij N.V.

review 1: The book starts with young Anne who is called to court by her father, telling her that she is to attend the King’s sister to France. Anne is excited to go and while in France she grows into beautiful woman who gets the attention of men. She also witnessed the love between Mary and Charles Brandon, and vows that one day she too will have great love story.Back in England she fells in love hard but when that is destroyed she wants revenge. But she’s also gotten the King’s attention.I quite liked this older book about Anne Boleyn. The book was first published in 1949, which can be seen at times. The sixth finger was mentioned and Anne also had step-mother called Jocunda. I actually liked to see the relationship between Anne and Jocunda so it didn’t bother me that much.... more Relationship between her and George was close but there wasn’t any hints about incest which as refreshing.Anne was portrayed both vain and selfish at times but she was also loyal to her friends. The only thing that bothered me was when Anne slept with Henry Percy which I thought was little too far-fetched but I liked to see them together and how Anne was really heartbroken after their break up. Later in the book was a great a scene where both are older and meeting again after long time, and both are thinking how the other has changed.I’ve read one of the author’s book before but I liked this one much more. Few things were outdated but all in all I think it stands well with newer books.
review 2: A good read, but the historical inaccuracies were distracting. Even though this book was written 60 years ago, even then it had been proven that Anne never had a 6th finger or a mole on her neck. As well she as portrayed as having never loved Henry at all, when everything I've read says she loved him at least one time, even if she didn't start out loving him. I did enjoy Anne's early life portrayal, especially of her love affair with Henry Percy. The time line was a bit iffy as well, we never got exact dates and very rarely got months or even what time of year it was, and she skipped a lot of time as well. As well the Mary Boleyn story line did not sync up to actual events as they happened, the author had them happening a lot earlier then they actually did. She also had the birth order wrong and possibly Anne's age. An interesting read, but not one of the best Anne Boleyn books i have read. less

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