The Boleyn Inheritance. Philippa Gregory

      

      

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2006

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      Cover image © Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK / The Stapleton Collection / Bridgeman Images (portrait of Anne of Cleves, 1539, Holbein the Younger, Hans 1497/8-1543).

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      Source ISBN: 9780007190331

      Ebook Edition © December 2016 ISBN: 9780007373932

      Version: 2017-01-23

       Dedication

       For Anthony

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Jane Boleyn, Blickling Hall, Norfolk, July 1539

Anne, Duchess of Cleves, Duren, Cleves, July 1539

Katherine, Norfolk House, Lambeth, July 1539

Jane Boleyn, Blickling Hall, Norfolk November 1539

Anne, Cleves Town, November 1539

Katherine, Norfolk House, Lambeth November 1539

Jane Boleyn, Greenwich Palace, December 1539

Katherine, Norfolk House, Lambeth, December 1539

Anne, Calais, December 1539

Jane Boleyn, Calais, December 1539

Katherine, Norfolk House, Lambeth, December 1539

Anne, Calais, December 1539

Jane Boleyn, Rochester, December 1539

Katherine, Rochester, 31 December 1539

Jane Boleyn, Rochester, 31 December 1539

Katherine, Rochester, 31 December 1539

Jane Boleyn, Rochester, 31 December 1539

Anne, on the road to Dartford, 1 January, 1540

Katherine, Dartford, 2 January 1540

Anne, Blackheath, 3 January 1540

Katherine, Greenwich Palace, 3 January 1540

Jane Boleyn, Greenwich Palace, 3 January 1540

Anne, Greenwich Palace, 3 January 1540

Katherine, Greenwich Palace, 6 January 1540

       Anne, Greenwich Palace, 6 January 1540

       Jane Boleyn, Greenwich Palace, 6 January 1540

       Anne, Greenwich Palace, 6 January 1540

       Katherine, Greenwich Palace, 7 January 1540

       Jane Boleyn, Whitehall Palace, January 1540

       Anne, Whitehall Palace, January 1540

       Katherine, Whitehall Palace,