Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. In this, the first full-length biography of Mary Boleyn, Alison Weir explodes much of the mythology that surrounds her subjects notoriety. In this, the first full-length biography of Mary Boleyn, Alison Weir explodes much of the mythology that surrounds her subject's notoriety. * In this astonishing and riveting book, Alison Weir shows that Mary s sto Sister to Anne Boleyn and seduced by two kings, Mary Boleyn has long been the subject of scandal and myth. * Weir also presents compelling new evidence that almost conclusively determines the paternity of Mary s two oldest children. * Her extensive, forensic research has facilitated a new and detailed portrayal, in which she recounts that, contrary to popular belief, Mary was entirely undeserving of her posthumous notoriety as a great whore or the hackney whom the King of France famously boasted of riding. In this, the first full-scale biography of Mary Boleyn, Alison Weir explodes much of the mythology that surrounds her subject and uncovers the facts about one. * In this, the first full-scale biography of Mary Boleyn, Alison Weir explodes much of the mythology that surrounds her subject and uncovers the facts about one of the most misunderstood figures of the Tudor age. * It is not hard to see how this tangled web of relationships has given rise to rumours and misconceptions that have been embroidered over the centuries. She may secretly have borne Henry a child and it was because of his adultery with Mary that his marriage to Anne was annulled.

* She was the mistress of two kings, Francois I of France and Henry VIII of England, and sister to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII s second wife. * Mary Boleyn is remembered by posterity as a great and infamous whore.

Mary Boleyn by Alison Weir