![]() ![]() The thoughts of Anne's lady’s maid sweep aside the pomp, mystery and veils of legend to reveal the humanity of a young and vulnerable woman. ![]() Nunneries are the only places where women really count for anything.” Anne could or would not hear the alarm bells. An omniscient, evenhanded narrator privy to each character's motivations humanizes them all and reminds us how many lives were sacrificed to the drama of Anne and Henry.Īnne's elder sister Mary, Henry's former mistress, warns her of the danger she faces as his new favorite and suggests she enter a nunnery. Lofts underscores the suspenseful thirteen-year span between the moment Anne first captures Henry’s eye and the moment she falls to the executioner’s axe. ![]() The Concubine, portraying the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn as second wife to King Henry VIII, remains vibrant nearly a half century after it was first published. ![]()
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