I really liked
Weir's book about Katherine of Aragon, so I was curious how she was going to treat Anne Boleyn. She did a nice job of making Anne a sympathetic character. Anne is relentlessly chased by King Henry, but she holds fast to her determination to marry on her own terms. She saw how the King treated her older sister after his affair with her, and she didn't want to be cast aside, ruined, as Mary was. She finally agrees to Henry's advances but on one condition: he must marry her. Henry spends years and turns religion in Europe upside down in order to divorce Katherine and marry Anne, but in the end he does. Poor Anne. Henry treats her horribly and blames her for the deaths of their sons, just like he did Katherine. Weir portrayed Anne as more confident than cruel, which is usually how she comes across.
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