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  • MediaDB / «A Triumph for an Hour" by Margaret Barnes: download fb2, read online

    About the book: 1995 / The mysterious charms of the dark-haired beauty Anne Boleyn captivated King Henry VIII. The thirst to own her forced him to divorce Queen Catherine of Aragon, to break with dependence on Rome. Driven by a sense of revenge for the broken dream of happy love, Anna dealt with her enemies at court when she took the queen’s place on the throne. But the brilliant victory was short-lived. The new Queen Anne Boleyn made one fatal mistake - she gave birth to a daughter, the future Queen Elizabeth of England, instead of the son her royal husband dreamed of. How she had to pay for this mistake, you will find out by reading Margaret Campbell Barnes's novel "A Triumph for an Hour"».