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description: Bilingual Edition (French-English) 1514 In France, Anne Boleyn serves as a maid of honour to Henry VIII’s sister Mary and then to Queen Claude. After the latter’s death, Anne attends Princess Marguerite, the outstanding female writer of the French Renaissance. In a series of letters addressed to her convent friend Anne Savage, nicknamed Nancy, Anne Boleyn describes her daily life at the court of King Francis I. Paul de Musset (Alfred de Musset’s brother) depicted a quick-witted and stylish girl who soon became the center of attention of the dashing monarch. Will she tell her beloved friend her innermost feelings and then challenge the rigid code of etiquette of the French Renaissance court? Will her reputation be sullied by slander? This is the delightfully romantic portrait of passionate and forthright Anne Boleyn at the court of Francis I painted by a nineteenth-century French writer now sunk into oblivion. Abridged and Translated from “Anne Boleyn, la folle obsession du roi” by Paul de Musset Free Translation for French-language learners. 
language: Multiple languages
title: Anne Boleyn's Secret Love at the Court of Francis I