The Boleyns: From the Tudors to the Windsors

King Henry VIII was dead wrong if he thought he could get rid of the Boleyn family by beheading his wife Anne, banishing her sister Mary, and stripping their father, Sir Thomas, of his lands and title. Instead, for almost 500 years, Thomas Boleyn’s descendants have been intricately entwined with the British monarchy, from dashing Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex—beheaded by his cousin, Elizabeth I, for treason—to Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, whose youngest daughter married Albert, the future King George VI. Et voilà! King Charles III is a Boleyn. Have fun following the families through generations of passion, politics and prominence. Hardcover; 288 pages, 6.5" x 9.2".