![]() Ives’s argument is that Anne was essentially a modern woman in an early modern world, and that she managed to thrive in a male-dominated arena. Ives attempts to uncover the truth behind the myth of Anne’s controversial life, making excellent use of contemporary sources and pulling apart the stories surrounding her to reveal that she ‘deserves to be a feminist icon, a woman … who broke through the glass ceiling by sheer character and initiative’ (p. Ives, Eric W., The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2005), first published 2004, Paperback, ISBN: 978-1-4051-3463-7Įric Ives’s book on Anne Boleyn is probably the most famous of the large volume of works on Henry VIII’s second wife. ![]() ![]() ‘The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn’ by Eric Ives, first published in 2004. ![]()
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