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41 - Anne Boleyn (1): The Birth of a Legend
Anne Boleyn is probably the most controversial queen in English history, with more books, films and tv shows about her than just about anyone else. Yet the secret to her success and fame started, not in England, but in the courts of Margaret of Austria and Francis I.
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Natalie Dormer
Claire Foy
Natalie Portman
Genevieve Bujold
Helena Bonham Carter (warning, violent sexual assault scene depicted)
Margaret of Austria (wikipedia)
Queen Claude of France (wikipedia)
Anne Boleyn's portrait in the National Portrait Gallery (National Portrait Gallery)
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