Elizabeth Boleyn

Mother to Anne Boleyn and grandmother of Elizabeth I, this fresh appraisal places Elizabeth Boleyn back in the centre of the Tudor world. Remembered only as a wife and mother, Elizabeth Boleyn has been overlooked for centuries. However, she had a long and illustrious court career before her daughters Mary and Anne ever caught the king’s eye. Serving as Katherine of Aragon’s lady-in-waiting for eleven years, Elizabeth was at the heart of Henry VIII’s early reign, and she bore witness to the dramatic rise and downfall of her family. In this first narrative biography of Elizabeth Boleyn, her story is finally told. Beginning with her family’s dramatic flight from Norfolk to London after the Battle of Bosworth, this book charts Elizabeth’s life at the early Henrician court, follows her as her family rise to the pinnacle of their power, and ends with her tragic death just a couple of years after two of her children were brutally executed. This is the story of the Boleyn family – and the dramatic events of Tudor England – from an entirely new perspective. AUTHOR: Sophie Bacchus-Waterman is a Tudor historian and special collections photographer at St Johns Oxford Library. She has written for publications such as The Court Historian, and the Royal Studies Journal and appeared on the popular Talking Tudors podcast. She is the first person to write a full biography dedicated to Elizabeth Boleyn.

Author Biography

SOPHIE BACCHUS-WATERMAN is a Tudor historian and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She has written for publications such as The Court Historian and the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, and appeared on several popular history podcasts. She is the first person to write a full biography dedicated to Elizabeth Boleyn.