Comments on Passages to the Past: Guest Post by Anne Clinard Barnhill, author of AT ...

I too am glad that you included a picture of the r...

2012-01-16T09:23:54.902-05:00

I too am glad that you included a picture of the ring. I have heard much about it but never saw it before. I love Anne - she really was different in so many ways and was willing to push the limits to everything - which eventually didn't work in her favor.

Thank you so much for including the photo of the r...

2012-01-15T21:36:37.293-05:00

Thank you so much for including the photo of the ring. I had not seen this artifact before and it truly fascinates me.

Anne Boleyn is such a fascinating royal and I love...

2012-01-14T09:26:45.998-05:00

Anne Boleyn is such a fascinating royal and I love to read all I can about her. Her outgoing personality, general intelligence and many talents must have been like a magnet to people. I think most women of that time period must have been very reserved, quiet and almost withdrawn as that was probably expected of them. No wonder Anne Boleyn caught the attention of Henry. Sadly though, her personality was probably to blame for his jealousy as well. This was an amazing time period and one of my favorites. In addition, thanks so much for sharing the photo of the portrait ring. It's lovely.

Historical fiction is my favorite and I love readi...

2012-01-14T08:40:32.006-05:00

Historical fiction is my favorite and I love reading about the Tudors. They are so creepy in some ways. I find Henry comical (except for him murdering people of course)and i love Anne Boleyn! I would love to read this, it's going on my wish list right now! Thanks for the post.

There's, er, a letter from Henry to Anne--can&...

2012-01-14T05:03:24.377-05:00

There's, er, a letter from Henry to Anne--can't remember when it's dated--but it's quoted in David Starkey's Six Wives of Henry VIII--which talks about her 'lovely duckies'...so Henry obviously thought she had the requisite desirable, er, attributes.

I do wonder though, occasionally, whether somewhere, sometime, a portrait of Anne will turn up and it will turn out that we've known it for years, but just didn't recognise it as her. There's such a portrait of Elizabeth at the National Trust property, Trerice, in Cornwall and she is just 'heavenly'...so I wonder...

Nice post. You've brought Anne's personhood back from all the rather thumping cock and bull stories designed (by men) to discredit her. Thank you.

Anne Boleyn has always fascinated me and I think p...

2012-01-13T21:46:39.325-05:00

Anne Boleyn has always fascinated me and I think part of it is because she seems to be a modern woman in a distant past. She was a strong independent thinking woman during a time where that was far from the norm though that was definitely part of her downfall.

Anyways, I love anything Anne or Elizabeth related so I'll have to check this out.