Mystery surrounds the circumstances leading up to her arrest. Her supposed crimes included adultery with five men, one her own brother, and plotting the King's death. Anne was imprisoned in the Tower of London on, and tried and found guilty of high treason on 15 May. It was sensational in its day, and has exerted endless fascination over the minds of historians, novelists, dramatists, poets, artists and film-makers ever since.
The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in May 1536 was unprecedented in the annals of English history.
Xiii, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm
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