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| nolimetangere | 'The Other Boleyn Girl' film | 1 | Jun 3 2008, 7:06 PM EDT by MsSquirrly | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 3 2008, 5:09 PM EDT
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Has anyone seen 'The Other Boleyn Girl' film? I saw it on the plane home and it was AWFUL!! We know the book was not brilliant with a lot of inaccuracies, but the movie was worse! They had to skip a lot because of the time so if you had no idea about Anne and Henry, then you saw him as a monster and a rapist and Anne as not only a shrew, but at the beginning, as a subservient wimp, doing everything she is told by her Father and Norfolk and more than willing to bed the King.
As for Mary, oh my gosh, what a limp rag!! She was so submissive and woebegone!! Definitely not worth wasting an hour plus watching it!!
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| nolimetangere | Henry VIII's virility | 2 | Apr 26 2008, 8:23 AM EDT by nolimetangere | ||||
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Thread started: Apr 25 2008, 11:49 PM EDT
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From what most of us have read, it does seem Henry hand a low fertility count. Though his first wife had several children, Princess Mary was the only one to survive. The fact Anne only had one living child and Jane had a living but somewhat fragile son, does make one wonder whether Henry's 'seed' was strong.
I do believe any idea of intercourse with his next three wives were non existent. Not only was he becoming extremely obese, but due to a fall in a tournament, had badly damaged his leg, which never really healed after that. However, regardless of what has been said about this infliction, I do not believe it had to do with syphilis, though that has often been thought the case. I read somewhere recently - I think it was in the book, "The Last Days of Henry VIII" by Hutchenson -that stated Henry had some disease that affect his overall behaviour, which turned him into the crass person he became(I can't remember the official name of the disease) Anyway, it was due to this that his body had problems healing, which is why he had such issues with his leg. From most accounts I have read, all Henry wanted towards the end of his life was some comfort and someone to look after him. I think his infatuation with Catherine Howard was his last 'attempt' at playing the virile man. Though he may have 'talked' about impregnating Parr, I do think it was all hearsay! Goodness, the man couldn't even get onto his horse without be hoisted on with some sort of crane device!
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| nolimetangere | Jane Rochford | 2 | Feb 17 2008, 10:27 AM EST by nolimetangere | ||||
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Thread started: Feb 16 2008, 10:23 AM EST
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I have almost finished reading "Jane Rochford" by Julia Fox. Whilst it is a very good book, I do think the author is pushing the limits with it. The titles really does give the impression the reader will finally find out the truth about the author, but nothing new is really told. Julia Fox merely retells the story of Henry VIII's four wives - Anne Boleyn thru Catherine Howard, and then makes suppositions as to what and where Jane Rochford would have been during those times. Granted there is quite a bit of information that has been recorded as to where and what Jane was doing, but Not enough to warrant a whole book on her. I found myself turning each page, expecting some wonderful revelation as to why Jane acted and did what she did. Has anyone else read this book and felt the same way??
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