Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King's Beloved Sister by Heather R. Darsie

Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King's Beloved Sister by Heather R. Darsie

Author Heather Darsie takes an in-depth look at the fourth wife of Henry VIII, Anne of Cleves. She examines Anne’s childhood and relationship with her family, life in the Cleves court, and the accomplishments of Anne’s siblings, particularly Wilhelm and Sibylle. Darsie delves into the political climate of the Continent and issues that would shape Cleves as well as Anne’s marriage, focusing especially on Anne’s brother-in-law, John Frederick, Elector of Saxony, and his impact on Lutheranism.

304 pages.

Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies by Hayley Nolan

Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies by Hayley Nolan

Anne Boleyn has gone down in history as the scheming woman who bewitched Henry VIII into divorcing his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and breaking with the Catholic Church in his mad quest for an heir to the British throne. But was Anne really the cunning woman she was made out to be, or a passionate reformer who married the king, not for love and the crown, but as a way of furthering causes she held near and dear?

327 pages.