Três Irmãs, Três Rainhas

Três Irmãs, Três Rainhas

2001 • 477 pages

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The young Mary Boleyn is the object of affection for King Henry VIII. Her family separates her from her husband and pushes her in an affair with the king. The king is unhappy in his child-less marriage and his greatest hope is to produce a legal heir. Mary bears him two children as his mistress. After his desire disappears the family assigns her sister Anne to pursue the king. Anne catches his affection and understands to keep it by refusing herself to him until they are legally married. A church revolution makes the king's divorce possible and they get married. Yet Anne only bears him Elizabeth. Several miscarriages follow. Anne commits incest with her brother George in order to overcome the king's inability to produce an heir. She and several followers are arrested, and executed for treason, adultery and incest. Mary manages to escape the royal court by marrying a lower situated man out of love.

April 5, 2007