The Washington Post, October 31st, 2004
THE QUEEN OF SUBTLETIES By Suzannah Dunn. Morrow. 288 pp. $24.95 Novelists and dramatists have long been drawn to the story of Henry VIII and his six unfortunate wives. No wonder. It's got the lot: intrigue, passion, high policy. Because its consequences were so severe, and its issue so significant, Henry's second marriage, to Anne Boleyn, is the one that has inspired the most retellings. The tale is gripping. A king, grown weary of the state marriage contracted in his youth and longing for the male heir that his aging queen cannot provide, turns to a dark-eyed English beauty with whose sister...
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