misty autumn

I was just watching the trailer for The Other Boleyn Girl and I have to say I am VERY excited to see it. Although I have not read the book yet (working on Mademoiselle Boleyn right now) I know I will like the movie but I don’t think either the movie nor the book will be my one of my favorites regarding Anne Boleyn.

For those of you who don’t know, I am a huge fan of Anne Boleyn’s, she is one of my favorite historical characters. I have read many books, essays and documentaries on her, even wrote my own essay at www.madameroyale.com. There are some issues people have brought up in that I just don’t believe, I believe they were trumped up charges to make her look like the whore that she wasn’t. So I will be watching this movie and reading the book with a little more skepticisms then normal.

While I am on the subject of Anne Boleyn, after my latest research on her I am wondering if she knew Leonardo Da Vinci and Diane de Poitiers. If anyone has some insight or knows of a book with reference to this subject, please let me know!

I have always wondered how Henry felt after Anne’s death, after loving someone so fiercely and then send her off to the chopping block because she couldn’t provide him with a male heir. He divorced his first wife, would it really have been that hard to divorce a second? I think not providing she was so unpopular due to her capturing Henry’s heart away from Queen Katherine. And what kind of woman was Jane Seymour? Marrying a man who just beheaded his wife on false charges? It seems her death after childbirth would be considered karma.

Filed under: daily, movies on January 17th, 2008