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02698aam a22004098i 4500 001 E6D293B09C8E11E981649E3E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190702010117 008 190411s2019 meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2019016014 020 $a 1432863142 020 $a 9781432863142 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a PR6123.E36 $b A54 2019 082 00 $a 823/.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Weir, Alison, $d 1951- $e author. 245 10 $a Anna of Kleve : $h [large print] / $b the princess of the portrait / $c by Alison Weir. 250 $a Large print edition. 263 $a 1905. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2019. 300 $a 807 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 0 $a Six Tudor Queens ; $v #4. 520 $a Newly widowed and the father of an infant son, Henry VIII realizes he must marry again to ensure the royal succession. Forty-six, overweight, and suffering from gout, Henry is soundly rejected by some of Europe's most eligible princesses. Anna of Kleve, from a small German duchy, is twenty-four, and has a secret she is desperate to keep hidden. Henry commissions her portrait from his court painter, who depicts her from the most flattering perspective. Entranced by the lovely image, Henry is bitterly surprised when Anna arrives in England and he sees her in the flesh. Some think her attractive, but Henry knows he can never love her. 520 $a What follows is the fascinating story of an awkward royal union that somehow had to be terminated. Even as Henry begins to warm to his new wife and share her bed, his attention is captivated by one of her maids-of-honor. Will he accuse Anna of adultery as he did Queen Anne Boleyn, and send her to the scaffold? Or will he divorce her and send her home in disgrace? Alison Weir takes a fresh and astonishing look at this remarkable royal marriage by describing it from the point of view of Queen Anna, a young woman with hopes and dreams of her own, alone and fearing for her life in a royal court that rejected her almost from the day she set foot on Englands shore. 600 00 $a Anne, $c of Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, $d 1515-1557 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Queens $z Great Britain $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y Henry VIII, 1509-1547 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 gsafd. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd. 941 $a 4 945 $a lpt 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012021541.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909054249.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20190815010906.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20190702012137.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E6D293B09C8E11E981649E3E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search