![]() But I understand why it was published without them. It also implies a huge personal appetite for risk, which again, Fox rarely mentioned.Īs a former historian, I'd have preferred more footnotes in the main text in order to deter understand what parts of the narrative were based on direct sources, how much is deduced from incomplete sources, and how much is Fox's guesswork. ![]() Personally serving five of Henry VIII's six wives is quite an achievement! Sometimes I felt that Fox underemphasised the amount of political and networking skill this must have taken, given tensions of the era and the very different personalities involved. She certainly had an exciting life, and must have had an interesting personality to go with it. I'm familiar with the story of Henry VIII's wives, but had never previously realised how so many small anecdotes I've heard of involving ladies at court were all about the same woman, Lady Rochford/Jane Boleyn. ![]() It was an engaging read, and cleverly written to ensure there were elements of surprise in Jane's story towards the end. ![]()
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