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100 1  Weir, Alison,|d1951-|eauthor. 
245 10 Anna of Kleve, the princess in the portrait :|ba novel /
       |cAlison Weir. 
250    First U.S. edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBallantine Books,|c2019. 
300    498 pages ;|c25 cm. 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Six Tudor queens ;|v04 
520    Newly widowed and the father of an infant son, Henry VIII 
       realizes he must marry again to insure the royal 
       succession. Now forty-six, overweight and unwell, Henry is
       soundly rejected by some of Europe’s most eligible 
       princesses, but Anna of Kleve—a small German duchy—is 
       twenty-four and eager to wed. Henry requests Anna’s 
       portrait from his court painter, who enhances her looks, 
       painting her straight-on in order not to emphasize her 
       rather long nose. Henry is entranced by the lovely image, 
       only to be bitterly surprised when Anna arrives in England
       and he sees her in the flesh. She is pleasant looking, 
       just not the lady that Henry had expected.  What follows 
       is a fascinating story of this awkward royal union that 
       had to somehow be terminated tactfully. Alison Weir takes 
       a fresh and surprising look at this remarkable royal 
       marriage by describing it from the point of view of Queen 
       Anna, a young woman with hopes and dreams of her own, 
       alone in a royal court that rejected her from the day she 
       arrived. 
600 00 Anne,|cof Cleves, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of 
       England,|d1515-1557|vFiction. 
650  0 Queens|zGreat Britain|vFiction. 
651  0 Great Britain|xHistory|yHenry VIII, 1509-1547|vFiction. 
655  7 Biographical fiction.|2gsafd 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2gsafd 
800 1  Weir, Alison,|d1951-|tSix Tudor queens ;|v04.