At The Scaffold

On the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s death, an excerpt from my book The Creation of Anne Boleyn.

Despite her proclaimed readiness to die, until very near the end Anne still harbored the belief that Henry might pardon her. It was not an unreasonable expectation. Not only had no British queen up until then been executed, but the last-minute rescue of the condemned queen was a centerpiece of the romance of chivalry, which was still being avidly consum…