: Despite protesting her innocence, Anne was found guilty on May 15 and beheaded on Tower Green four days later. Core Themes and Investigations
: Anne was imprisoned in the Tower of London on May 2, 1536, charged with high treason, including adultery with five men—one being her own brother, George Boleyn. The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn
: Anne is depicted as a woman of extraordinary courage who faced her trial and the scaffold with the grace of a queen, even joking about her "little neck" shortly before her death. : Despite protesting her innocence, Anne was found
The text traces Anne's swift transformation from a powerful queen to a condemned prisoner. Weir begins the account with the May Day joust of 1536 , identifying it as the moment Henry VIII publicly signaled his abandonment of Anne. The text traces Anne's swift transformation from a