
“It was acceptable for a woman to be difficult and demanding when she was the mistress but when she became a wife she was expected to be submissive. Anne Boleyn had refused to make the transition, with terrible consequences for herself; for that feistiness which had so fascinated Henry when he was wooing her, he found intolerable when she was his wife and queen, and he said so.”
I think it’s sort of heartbreaking, she got where she was from being the complete opposite of Catherine and then when...
“It was acceptable for a woman to be difficult and demanding when she was the mistress but when she became a wife she...