tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203604655093315663.post5181707629308572567..comments2024-03-25T07:01:39.353-07:00Comments on Conor Byrne Historian: 'The Lady in the Tower': Anne Boleyn's Letter to Henry VIIIConorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09815745211426638820noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5203604655093315663.post-9388542307980559202015-05-06T16:09:48.923-07:002015-05-06T16:09:48.923-07:00I don't believe Anne wrote the letter. She was...I don't believe Anne wrote the letter. She wasn't allowed writing materials while in the Tower. (Kingston mentions at one point in his dispatches that Anne had asked to send a letter, and he told her to tell him the message verbally and he would see it was delivered.) However, I included it in my novel, because it's what Anne SHOULD have said to Henry. He was killing her to make room for Jane Seymour, and Anne would have believed he'd have to answer for it before the seat of Judgment one day.<br /><br />The only possible way the letter could be authentic is if it was a copy of a lost original. Copyists were not necessarily concerned with retaining the spelling of the original author (hence "Bullen"), but since Kingston never mentions her writing or dictating a letter, it seems it has to be a forgery. Perhaps it should be seen in the light of a tribute, like 'O Death Rock Me Asleep.'Lissa Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397546855668410933noreply@blogger.com