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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2001
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Copyright © Philippa Gregory Ltd 2001
Cover design and illustration: Holly Macdonald © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2017
Cover images © Hever Castle Ltd, Kent, UK / Bridgeman Images (portrait of Anne Boleyn (1507–36), Second wife of Henry VIII of England, 1534, English School); Shutterstock.com (frame).
Prelim pages, fragment of the letter written by Anne Boleyn to Henry VIII from the Tower of London in 1536, reproduced by permission of the British Library (OTHO.C.X.228)
End of text, reconstruction of a letter written by Mary Boleyn to the Secretary of State Thomas Cromwell in 1534. Lettering © Stephen Raw
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Source ISBN: 9780006514008
Ebook Edition © June 2018 ISBN: 9780007370146
Version: 2018-06-21
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Dedication