In Anne’s Shadow: Mary Boleyn’s Tudor Tale of Survival and Love (Women Of The Tudor Court Book 1)

Mary Boleyn has always lived in the shadow of others. First, her ambitious family, then her brilliant, alluring sister Anne. Sent to the French court as a girl, Mary learns early that obedience is expected and silence rewarded. And at Henry VIII’s court, she learns that a woman’s value is measured by what she can give a king.

When Henry VIII turns his attention to Mary, she becomes his mistress, not out of hunger for power, but because refusal is not a language women at court are taught to speak.

Unlike Anne, Mary does not dream of crowns. She dreams of safety. Of love. Of a life not governed by a man’s desire.

After Henry’s interest fades and Anne’s ambition rises, Mary is quietly discarded, left to navigate judgment, loss, and an uncertain future. When she dares to marry for love without permission, she is cast out by her family and erased from history’s grand narrative. Anne becomes Queen of England. Mary becomes no one.

Yet Mary survives.

In Anne’s Shadow is an intimate Tudor novella that reclaims the voice of the forgotten sister – the woman who stepped away from power and discovered the courage to live on her own terms.

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