2. THORNS, LUST AND GLORY: THE BETRAYAL OF ANNE BOLEYN

Anne Boleyn has mesmerised the English public for centuries. How did this courtier's daughter become the queen of England, and what was it that really tore apart her illustrious marriage, making her the whore of England, an abandoned woman executed on the scaffold? While many stories of Anne Boleyn's downfall have been told, few have truly traced the origins of her tragic fate. Estelle Paranque, Associate Professor of Early Modern History, takes us back to where it all started: to France, where Anne learned the lessons that would set her on the path to becoming one of England's most infamous queens.