What’s in the Book

Part 1 – Beginnings

George Boleyn Tudor Poet, Courtier and Diplomat by Claire Ridgway

Family Background
Birth and Childhood
Court Poet
Personal Attributes
Social Pursuits
Religion
Court Life
Marriage
Sweating Sickness

Part 2 – Career and Influence

The Waiting Game (1527-29)
The Reformation Parliament (1529-36)
The League of Schmalkalden
The King’s Great Matter
Foreign Diplomat
Uncle to a Future Queen
French Alliance Put to the Test
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

Part 3 – The End of an Era

Crisis at Home and Abroad
Oncoming Storm
Arrests
Trial
Lady Rochford and the Fall of the Boleyns
Execution
Aftermath