In chapter 16, Anne ventures even further into the political web at court. She gets Wolsey's attention, and has dinner with Thomas Heneage. Her dinner goes just as planned. With her new power, she requests that Heneage ask for Cardinal Wolsey's support on the delicate matter involving Sir Thomas Cheney, who wants to trade up one woman for her younger sister. Sheesh. You would think a woman who is supposed to be courageous and independent would find something wrong with this, but she and her family only seem to have their own interests in mind. Either way, she plants the seed, and we will have to wait and see if it grows.
Ch 17. She is worried because Henry has not sent for her yet, which not his normal behavior. Also, there is a ruckus outside and her anxiety worsens. As it turns out, Henry was planning a surprise for her, by planning an awesome picnic. During the picnic, which is more like a festival/parade, she and her ladies perform a risque dance that I consider to be dangerous. Henry is consumed with desire, but I bet the rest of the court that saw it just thought all the rumors about her reputation were true. Then the King tells her he loves her!
Ch 18 Anne is brooding in her room because the king must go to a joust, with his queen by his side. She is wallowing in her own misery when Nan come to check on her and finds Anne's copy of Tyndale's The Obedience of a Christian Man. Instead of being worried about being caught with a banned text, she actually suggest Nan read it with enthusiasm. This is an important piece of history because later, it will be stolen from Nan, by Wolsey!!!!!
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
13-15
Chapter 13 begins with preparations for Christmas. Anne doesn't see the point in making a big deal for Christmas, when it is just her and her mother there. I think in part, she just wants to hide away in her own thoughts. Then Margery shows up and proves her mother's point that a lady should always have her household prepared for visitors. Anne's mood improves significantly when Margery visits. She needed someone she could speak her mind with. We also learned of the jealous temper tantrum the King has over the locket incident. It shows how much faith he really has in her.
Chapter 14 Starts when she is out riding Starlight, her Christmas gift from the King. Of course while she is out riding, she has visitors. The visitors are Stephen Gardiner and Edward Foxe. They are there to relay a message from the King, and to inform her of their quest to speak with the Pope. We also learn that Dr. Foxe, and an increasing number of the members of court, have been persuaded by the new faith.
Chapter 15 After 4 months away, they make their way to Windsor Castle. She is there as a guest of the King, which boosts the Boleyn family status. She receives her own apartments, and as promised, her own ladies to wait on her. It is just a bonus that he chose her dearest friends.She gets to dress extravagantly and attends a party in her honor. Her leaving for 4 months was hardly worthwhile, since she is boosted to the top of the court when she returns. During the party she and her father devise a plan to use Wolsey to help Thomas Cheney with at delicate matter, in order to gain Cheney's alliance in their quest to make Anne a Queen. They set up a dinner with Thomas Heneage, one of Wolsey's men, to set things in motion.
Chapter 14 Starts when she is out riding Starlight, her Christmas gift from the King. Of course while she is out riding, she has visitors. The visitors are Stephen Gardiner and Edward Foxe. They are there to relay a message from the King, and to inform her of their quest to speak with the Pope. We also learn that Dr. Foxe, and an increasing number of the members of court, have been persuaded by the new faith.
Chapter 15 After 4 months away, they make their way to Windsor Castle. She is there as a guest of the King, which boosts the Boleyn family status. She receives her own apartments, and as promised, her own ladies to wait on her. It is just a bonus that he chose her dearest friends.She gets to dress extravagantly and attends a party in her honor. Her leaving for 4 months was hardly worthwhile, since she is boosted to the top of the court when she returns. During the party she and her father devise a plan to use Wolsey to help Thomas Cheney with at delicate matter, in order to gain Cheney's alliance in their quest to make Anne a Queen. They set up a dinner with Thomas Heneage, one of Wolsey's men, to set things in motion.
Door Matt
Door Matt
You picked me up, and
threw me down.
You lifted my spirits, and
tossed them around.
You tended my wounds,
after the pain you caused me.
You blinded me with
kindness, so that is all I could see.
Stupid and naive, I
thought I caused your anger.
Over time, to myself, I
became a stranger.
One day I realized I
wasn’t my own.
Into a caged, wounded
girl, I had grown.
Trying to restore our lost
love, I had entered that cage.
It did not protect me from
your unprovoked rage.
On the day I stood up, a
woman of my own,
none of your force could
not push me back down.
I left many things behind
on that day,
but my independence, self
worth, and womanhood, I still have today.
I still have nightmares of
you five years later,
but I am awakened by a man
nine million times greater.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Feeling Beaulieu
These next four chapters are a roller coaster of emotions. Between her spitting anger, and lusty encounters with the King, Anne has a new emotion on just about every page.
Chapter nine starts out with her learning that her father and his allies want her to use her influence on the King to bring down Wolsey. Being the smart lady she is, she recognizes that she needs Wolsey for the time being to help the King get his annulment. She coolly appeases them by pledging her alliance to them, and asking them to trust her to find the right time to take him down. Later, her maidenhead has a close call with the King. Luckily she comes to her senses.
After leaving Beaulieu, everyone heads off to Richmond, which, Anne describes, is "like something out of a fairy story..." Since she described it like this, I have been imagining Cinderella's castle. That is just how my mind works. Of course I had to look it up, and found out that the only thing that remains of Richmond Palace is the gate house. It looks like a whole to me it is HUGE.
Just imagine how big the whole Palace must have been.
In chapter 11, she gets to meet the famous Wolsey. They proceed to sum each other up, and slice each other up, with words that is. Then she runs and tattles on him to the King. He has a minimal reaction, because he too, knows just how much they need Wolsey. He is however, pretty mad at Wolsey for failing to get the support of King Francis.
To get back into the King's favor, Wolsey organizes a grand masque, during which the King is forced to stand by his queen, which infuriates Anne. She sneaks away to escape having to see it, but not before she has a risque little dance with the King in front of the Queen. She rides off with her brother to let off a little steam. Once she gets back, the king informs her she no longer has to wait on the queen.
Chapter 12 She and Henry discuss their relationship and the damaging gossip it has inspired. Anne suggests they separate for the Christmas holidays in hopes the gossip will die down. The King agrees. So off she goes back to Hever Castle with her mother for a nice quiet Holiday.
Posted April 2, 2014
Chapter nine starts out with her learning that her father and his allies want her to use her influence on the King to bring down Wolsey. Being the smart lady she is, she recognizes that she needs Wolsey for the time being to help the King get his annulment. She coolly appeases them by pledging her alliance to them, and asking them to trust her to find the right time to take him down. Later, her maidenhead has a close call with the King. Luckily she comes to her senses.
After leaving Beaulieu, everyone heads off to Richmond, which, Anne describes, is "like something out of a fairy story..." Since she described it like this, I have been imagining Cinderella's castle. That is just how my mind works. Of course I had to look it up, and found out that the only thing that remains of Richmond Palace is the gate house. It looks like a whole to me it is HUGE.
Just imagine how big the whole Palace must have been.In chapter 11, she gets to meet the famous Wolsey. They proceed to sum each other up, and slice each other up, with words that is. Then she runs and tattles on him to the King. He has a minimal reaction, because he too, knows just how much they need Wolsey. He is however, pretty mad at Wolsey for failing to get the support of King Francis.
To get back into the King's favor, Wolsey organizes a grand masque, during which the King is forced to stand by his queen, which infuriates Anne. She sneaks away to escape having to see it, but not before she has a risque little dance with the King in front of the Queen. She rides off with her brother to let off a little steam. Once she gets back, the king informs her she no longer has to wait on the queen.
Chapter 12 She and Henry discuss their relationship and the damaging gossip it has inspired. Anne suggests they separate for the Christmas holidays in hopes the gossip will die down. The King agrees. So off she goes back to Hever Castle with her mother for a nice quiet Holiday.
Posted April 2, 2014
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