On the seventeenth day of Christmas On the Tudor Trail gave to me… the chance to win a copy of ‘The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn’ & an audio book of ‘Mademoiselle Boleyn’ by Robin Maxwell.
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Then simply leave a comment after this post between now and 26 December 2014. Don’t forget to leave your name and a contact email. Please note that I have comment moderation activated and need to ‘approve’ comments before they appear. There is no need to submit your comment twice.
This giveaway is open internationally.
One winner will be randomly selected and contacted by email shortly after the competition closes. Please ensure you’ve added natalie@onthetudortrail.com to your address book to avoid missing my email.
Good luck!
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Book Description – ‘The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn’
In this “energetic” (Kirkus Reviews) re-creation of Anne Boleyn’s tragic life — and death — Robin Maxwell offers a pitch-perfect version of a bawdy and exuberant time filled with lust, betrayal, love, and murder.
When the young Queen Elizabeth I is entrusted with Anne Boleyn’s secret diary, she discovers a great deal about the much-maligned mother she never knew. And on learning the truth about her lascivious and despotic father, Henry VIII, she vows never to relinquish control to any man. But this avowal doesn’t prevent Elizabeth from pursuing a torrid love affair with her horsemaster, Robin Dudley — described with near-shocking candor — as too are Anne’s graphic trysts with a very persistent and lustful Henry. Blending a historian’s attention to accuracy with a novelist’s artful rendering, Maxwell weaves compelling descriptions of court life and devastating portraits of actual people into her naughty, page-turning tale. The result is a masterpiece of historical fiction — so prophetic of our time that one would think it were ripped from today’s headlines.
Book Description – Mademoiselle Boleyn
When her father is assigned the task of spying on the French Court, the charming and sweetly innocent Anne Boleyn is delighted by the thought of a new adventure. And she is not to be disappointed, for her beautiful sister, Mary, has been handed a mission: to let herself be seduced by the King of France in order to uncover his secrets.
Mesmerized by the thrilling passion, intrigue, and betrayal that unfolds, Anne discovers the power of being a woman who catches the eye of a powerful king. And, as she grows into a beautiful young woman, she undergoes her own sexual awakening, each daring exploit taking her one step closer to the life that is her destiny.
Read my Q&A with Robin Maxwell here.
Visit Robin’s website here.
Don’t forget to check back tomorrow for your chance to win ‘The Stolen Crown’ by Susan Higginbotham.
If it’s on the 24th printing it must be good!
Sounds intriguing
This looks very good!
I would love to win this!!!!
As an author myself, it must by mind blowing for Robin Maxwell to have her novel of Anne Boleyn remain so popular for fifteen years! Congrats!
Would it not be amazing to read a diary and relieve what happened all those c entries ago….today is so rush and gadget orientated the art of penmanship is going away sadly. As I am writting .you christmas cards with my own greeting includex.
I love history
This would be a great read. Thank you for offering this contest. 🙂
Ooh, I hope I win this one! I love Robin Maxwell’s books! “The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn” is one of my favorites, & I’d love to win a copy of the 15th Anniversary printing! Thanks for the chance.
Holy smokes batman! If I don’t win this, this will be the first one I buy!!!
sounds fabulous i’d love to win
This has been on my wish list for a LOOONG time!
This is an interesting premise for a novel. Would make a good read.
How exciting ..would love to win this 🙂
A wonderful chance!!
Wow. This sounds really great!
Very much look forward to reading this as anything related to Anne Boleyn always catches my attention.
Sounds amazing!!! 🙂
Wow look forward to reading this, even if someone is lucky to win it, I will buy one.
Sounds very interesting.
Looks like a good read! 🙂
Oh I really hope I win this one! Looks like a good read!
I would so love to win this!!! <3 this site!!
This book sounds wonderful! Hope I win!
Audiobooks can be fun for the whole family.
Sounds very interesting
These are super exciting to me! Really hope to win these prizes! Thanks for the opportunity!
Sounds very interesting would love to read it
I read these years ago and would love to own a copy of the books (paper and audio)
Wouldn’t it be great if we could read Anne’s diary? So many questions finally answered.
Today is my birthday. I hope I win!
Would love to win it
This sounds so good!
Sounds intriguing, would be an interesting read.
Fab! Sounds great!
Hardly secret when it has been published
Amazing would love this to add to my book collection
The insights of a life only a diary can provide. Sounds great!!
I am very interested in reading anything about Anne Boleyn.
I love Robin Maxwell’s books! I’ve read The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn and would love to re-read it and get to read the other!
OOOOOOAHAHAHA This one sounds great!
I feel in my soul, that my past life was in that Era. I’m so in love with the knowledge of Anne Boleyn .
What a diary that would be! Thank you for the giveaway.
Thank you for the chance to own a copy of this one – Happy Christmas 🙂
Would love to win this
My wish-list is growing longer by the day!
Another amazing prize.
My favourite Queen
I would love to read it
Wow , this one must not have popped up on my newsfeed it looks like a really interesting book.