Table of Contents

Preface 1 Origins - the Blickling Years 2 Thomas at Court - the Hever Years 3 Mary & the King's Fancy - in & out of Favour 4 Anne & the Grand Passion - the Paris Years 5 Thomas, Earl of Wiltshire - the Westminster Years 6 The Boleyns as a Political Faction - the Whitehall Years 7 George & Jane - the Grimston Years 8 The Fall of the Boleyns - the Tower Days 9 Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon - the Berwick Years 10 Elizabeth I, the Boleyn Daughter - the Dudley Years Conclusion: A Political Family? Notes Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

About the Author

David Loades was Emeritus Professor of the University of Wales and an Honorary Member of the University of Oxford, History Faculty. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Vice-President of the Navy Record Society and former President of the Ecclesiastical History Society. He was the author of over thirty books on the sixteenth century, specializing in the Tudors. Sadly he has passed away.

Reviews

'Loades describes fully and with his usual panache the history of the family' THE HISTORIAN 'Neither Starkey nor Weir has the assurance and command of Loades' SIMON HEFFER, LITERARY REVIEW 'David Loades Tudor biographies are both highly enjoyable and instructive, the perfect combination' ANTONIA FRASER