'The Anne Boleyn Papers' by Elizabeth Norton Art|Celf With information taken from archival

With information taken from archival sources written in Spanish

won the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

using archival inks

The image is from the collections of the National Library of Wales and has been reproduced by permission of David Higham Associates

'The Anne Boleyn Papers' by Elizabeth Norton Art|Celf With information taken from archivalAnne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII drew attention wherever she went. Through the chronicles, letters and dispatches written by both Anne and her contemporaries, it is possible to see her life and thoughts as she struggled to become queen of England, ultimately ending her life on the scaffold. In this book, the poems of Anne's supposed lover, Thomas Wyatt, as well as other accounts give details of her life. Henry VIII's love letters and many of