The queen's painter
Holden, Wendy, 1965-2026
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When the brilliant young Holbein arrives at the Tudor court, Anne Boleyn is among his first patrons. As she rises to the top, Hans rises with her. Courtiers clamour for his portraits of life-like accuracy; pictures which tell the truth about their subjects. When his beloved Anne is beheaded on false evidence, Hans is heartbroken and enraged. And he's not alone. Poet and diplomat Thomas Wyatt is agonised at his own unwitting part in her tragedy. He and Hans join forces and vow revenge on the person they blame for Anne's downfall: Thomas Cromwell, the king's ruthless chief minister. But what can a poet and painter do against the most powerful man in England? The answer comes when Henry VIII seeks a fourth wife. Cromwell turns to Holbein and Wyatt, his trusted artist and envoy, to travel across Europe to find and paint a new bride.
Main title:
The queen's painter / Wendy Holden.
Author:
Holden, Wendy, 1965-, author
Imprint:
London : Mountain Leopard Press, 2026.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781035419203 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
9119667