The Queen of Subtleties: A Novel of Anne Boleyn
by:
Suzannah Dunn (author)
Anne Boleyn and Lucy Cornwallis: queen andconfectioner, fatefully linked in a court rife with intrigue and treacheryShe was the dark-eyed English beauty who captivated King Henry VIII, only to die at his behest three years after they were married. She was both manipulator and pawn, a complex,...
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Anne Boleyn and Lucy Cornwallis: queen andconfectioner, fatefully linked in a court rife with intrigue and treacheryShe was the dark-eyed English beauty who captivated King Henry VIII, only to die at his behest three years after they were married. She was both manipulator and pawn, a complex, misunderstood mélange of subtlety and fire. Her name was Anne Boleyn.In The Queen of Subtleties, Suzannah Dunn reimagines the rise and fall of the tragic queen through two alternating voices: that of Anne herself, who is penning a letter to her young daughter on the eve of her execution, and Lucy Cornwallis, the king’s confectioner. An employee of the highest status, Lucy is responsible for creating the sculpted sugar centerpieces that adorn each of the feasts marking Anne’s ascent in the king’s favor. They also share another link of which neither woman is aware: the lovely Mark Smeaton, wunderkind musician—the innocent on whom, ultimately, Anne’s downfall hinges.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060591588 (0060591587)
Publish date: November 1st 2005
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
I hate to review a book I haven't even finished but in this case it needs to be done. I am adding this book to the very short list of books I started and never finished. That list is now home to three books. I generally force myself to push through to the end of a book no matter how bad or how long ...
I was truly eager to read another novel from Suzannah Dunn and pulled The Queen of Subtleties: A Novel of Anne Boleyn immediately out of my latest shipment of books. Thus far in all my years of devouring all Tudor era historical fiction I had not come across a novel that I could not find anything r...
Ditto to what others have said. The tone was way too modern.I laughed out-loud when Henry told everyone to skedaddle so that he could be alone with Anne. The image in my head was priceless, I doubt it was what the author was intending. Henry is a poor, befuddled mess and thank goodness Anne is there...
I picked up The Queen of Subtleties in the book store and was immediately impressed by the opening lines, written in the voice of Anne Boleyn: "Elizabeth, you'll be told lies about me..." (1). Since I'm a firm believer in a book with a good opening, I picked it up and settled down to read it. I thin...