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This is the context for suzannah dunn's wonderful new novel, which is about - and told by - two women: anne boleyn, king's mistress and fated queen; and lucy cornwallis, the king's confectioner, an employee of the very highest status, who made the centrepiece of each of the feasts to mark the important occasions in anne's ascentthe queen of subtleties adds to that mix a wonderfully balanced, strong story and the result is sensationaloxfam bookshop cheltenham a tremendously vivid, page-turning and plausible novel that depicts the rise and fall of anne boleyn, the most spirited, independent and courageous of henry's queens, as viewed from both the bedrooms and the kitchens of the tudor courtsuzannah dunn has wit, a mastery of dialogue, brilliant characterization, lack of pretence, and good humoursee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeveryone knows the story of anne boleynthen, when henry had what he wanted, he managed a mere three years of marriage before beheading his wife for alleged adultery with several men, among them his own best friend and her own brotherhenry 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 of the western worldthere's another link between them, though: the lovely mark smeaton, wunderkind musician, the innocent on whom, ultimately, anne's downfall hinged
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Bbc radio 4's monumental history of britain picks up the story of the british empire at the point where the american colonies have become the united states of america with their triumph over general cornwallis and the british army at yorktown inthese are the years when british influence grew steadily around the globe, years when britain took full advantage of the technical advances of its industrial revolution until it could be truly said that its empire was one on which the sun never setthis part of the story culminates in queen victoria being proclaimed empress of india in , the central symbol of some of the most potent imperial imagerybut just as the empire itself was built not as the result of any grand plan, so the seeds of its twentieth century move towards independence from britain were simultaneously and unwittingly being sownsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehere are the origins of the modern nations of canada, australia, new zealand, south africa, and of the ways in which british influence has affected - for better or for worse - nations such as india, sri lanka, and chinaoxfam bookshop lymington this is volume 2 of the eagerly-awaited follow-up to christopher lee's highly-acclaimed and award-winning bbc radio 4 serieshere are the stories - not always happy and glorious - of captain james cook, mungo park, warren hastings, sir stamford raffles and david livingstone
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