{"id":137,"date":"2017-08-04T12:34:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T16:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2021-03-25T09:40:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T13:40:46","slug":"friday-reads-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/friday-reads-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Reads #3: The Creation of Anne Boleyn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"CoverIt\u2019s Friday, which means it\u2019s time for another installment of my Friday Reads series; setting you up for a great weekend of reading. This week\u2019s book is <\/span>The Creation of Anne Boleyn<\/span><\/i><\/a> by Susan Bordo.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been interested in Tudor England since I discovered <\/span>The Royal Diaries<\/span><\/i><\/a> series as a kid. Since then, I\u2019ve certainly read more Tudor literature (fiction and non) than your average person. Expect to see more Tudor books in future Friday Reads installments.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Creation of Anne Boleyn<\/span><\/i> still taught me quite a bit. Or perhaps I should say that it made me reevaluate existing knowledge and look at it in a new way. My biggest takeaway from the book was that we don\u2019t have an unbiased, contemporary \u201cportrait\u201d of Anne as a person. <\/span><\/p>\n

You have either the slanderous views of those who were staunchly against \u201cthe Great Whore\u201d, the overly flattering views of those who supported Anne during her rise and when her daughter was queen, or attempts \u2014 many years after her death \u2014 to put together her story from vaguely remembered anecdotes passed down from parent to child. None of them have much hope of giving us a glimpse into the <\/span>real<\/span><\/i> Anne Boleyn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, logically, this is something I already knew. <\/span>Of course<\/span><\/i> the people who liked and disliked Anne would give skewed opinions, but I never really gave much thought to how that shaped the lasting image of Anne herself. I also never really considered how more recent history, culture, and expectations have shaped \u201cAnne Boleyn\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

Susan Bordo has thought about all of this, and she presents her findings and her thoughts in an interesting and entertaining way. <\/span>The Creation of Anne Boleyn<\/span><\/i> made me think, really think, about just how little we truly know about historical figures. And I wonder just how much of what we <\/span>think<\/span><\/i> we know is just the persona that people have built around famous and infamous people over the years, decades, and centuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you read <\/span>The Creation of Anne Boleyn<\/span><\/i>? Did you like it? What about Tudor history in general?<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out last week’s Friday Reads, Love You Forever<\/a>, and come back next week for another awesome book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Friday, which means it\u2019s time for another installment of my Friday Reads series; setting you up for a great weekend of reading. This week\u2019s…<\/p>\n

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