#but included george's execution taking three swings of the axe? (spanish chronicle). HMMM.
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Eloquent and lengthy speeches, put into Anne's mouth at her trial and on the scaffold, should be read with scepticism...
but the 'notoriously unreliable' spanish chronicle...shouldn't?
#this is saur funny...#she used so much of the account by lancelot de carles but disavowed this part? ooookay#but included george's execution taking three swings of the axe? (spanish chronicle). HMMM.#wolf hall crit#at least she offered an alternate book on jane boleyn in this a/n....#my theory is that much of this was inspired by weir's lady in the tower. she does specifically mention her in the A/N as one#she's 'indebted' to...#there's a lot of parallels....#she includes eric ives in this list too which...damn. wish eric ives had lived to crit wolf hall as mercilessly as he did tobg
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