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The Queen of Subtleties

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Synopsis

Everyone knows the story of Anne Boleyn. Henry VIII divorced his longstanding, long-suffering, older, Spanish wife for a young, black-eyed English beauty, and, in doing so, severed England from Rome and indeed from the rest ot the western world. Then, when Henry had what he wanted, he managed a mere three years of marriage before beheading his wife for alleged adultery.

This is the context for The Queen of Subtleties, told by two women: Anne Boleyn, king's mistress and fated queen; and Lucy Cornwallis, the king's confectioner. There's another link between them, though - the lovely Mark Smeaton, the gifted musician on whom, ultimately, Anne's downfall hinged...