🎧 Anne Boleyn Special: Life and Afterlives
🎧 Not Just the Tudors • 50m
In the first of two special podcasts to mark the 485th anniversary of Anne Boleyn's death, Suzanah Lipscomb explores the different perceptions of Anne and her re-creation through many afterlives. Suzannah is joined by authors Claire Ridgway and Natalie Grueninger, historian Dr. Stephanie Russo and art historian Roland Hui.
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