Joining Anthony and Maddy today is the fantastic Philippa Gregory, historian and author of Boleyn Traitor. The Tudor court was dangerous and high-stakes at the best of times, where survival could often mean betraying others. Enter: Jane Boleyn, thrust into the Tudor limelight when her sister-in-law, Anne Boleyn, marries Henry VIII.
Did she really contribute to the axe falling on Anne Boleyn's neck? Was she a spy for Thomas Cromwell? Was all of this just what it took to survive as a woman in this world?
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