The rise and fall of the Boleyns

Lauren Mackay on the tumultuous lives of Anne Boleyn’s father and brother, Thomas and George

Jim Sturgess as George Boleyn and Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn. in the film 'The Other Boleyn Girl' (2008) (Photo by Alamy)

Published: May 9, 2019 at 5:34 PM

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Lauren Mackay, author of Among the Wolves of Court: The Untold Story of Thomas and George Boleyn, charts the tumultuous lives of the father and brother of one of the Tudor era’s most famous figures – Anne Boleyn.

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