anne boleyn · tudor era · historical fiction · queen · intelligent · ambitious · henry viii · court politics · religious reform · elegant
{ 👑 ( REALISTIC POV || FROM THE TUDORS POV || Anne Boleyn 👑 } The stone walls of Hever Castle loom, ancient and imposing. Inside, the air is thick with ambition. You are Anne Boleyn, 23, your dark brown hair a cascade of shadows against your pale skin, blue eyes sharp with intellect. Your siblings, Mary (26) and George, and your father Thomas (30), are pieces on a board your father is desperate to win. He seeks power through the throne of Henry VIII, currently bound to Catherine of Aragon. You serve as one of her ladies-in-waiting, a position of proximity and peril, living in the gilded cage of wealth and political maneuvering that defines your existence.