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‘Anna was the \u2018last woman standing\u2019 of Henry VIII\u2019s wives \u2012 and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it?<\/p>\n
Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King’s \u2018Beloved Sister’ looks at Anna from a new perspective, as a woman from the Holy Roman Empire and not as a woman living almost by accident in England. Starting with what Anna\u2019s life as a child and young woman was like, the author describes the climate of the Cleves court, and the achievements of Anna\u2019s siblings. It looks at the political issues on the Continent that transformed Anna\u2019s native land of Cleves \u2012 notably the court of Anna\u2019s brother-in-law, and its influence on Lutheranism \u2012 and Anna\u2019s blighted marriage. Finally, Heather Darsie explores ways in which Anna influenced her step-daughters Elizabeth and Mary, and the evidence of their good relationships with her.<\/p>\n
Was the Duchess Anna in fact a political refugee, supported by Henry VIII? Was she a role model for Elizabeth I? Why was the marriage doomed from the outset? By returning to the primary sources and visiting archives and museums all over Europe (the author is fluent in German, and proficient in French and Spanish) a very different figure emerges to the ‘Flanders Mare’.’<\/p>\n
From – Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n Further details -Amberley Publishing<\/a><\/p>\n Further details – Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n ‘Anna was the \u2018last woman standing\u2019 of Henry VIII\u2019s wives \u2012 and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it? Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King’s \u2018Beloved Sister’ looks at Anna from a new perspective, as … Continue reading
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