Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Scandilous

I think I would have a love affair with this Anne Boleyn and I've only read 2 chapters so far. Beginning with the prologue I knew this book could wind up juicy. I never thought or even heard of this happening in those times. King Henry and his many love affairs.  Wow!!  I'm not condoning his behavior but with only reading a few chapters I am curious as to how and why. This is not a typical book in my opinion that would catch the eye of the male population on the first try but when it's required anybody should go in with an open mind like I did.  Seriously, this is how these happened in the early 1500's. I can honestly say with me being extremely hot natured I would not be caught dead in all of the layers and layers of clothes these women had to put on in order to impress a man, let alone King Henry. That would just be too uncomfortable to me. I want to point out reading so far as Sarah Morris describes in vivid detail particular things around the castle, courtyard and I'm pretty sure the best is yet to come. I did become confused or maybe I actually thought myself who was who?  As she describes clearly how Anne smells to what she is wearing, to her attire. It's as if you can smell what she smells and see what she sees. I also thought she was out of her mind, but hey, some people are better thinking way out of the box.  I see nothing wrong with that. To be honest what caught my eye in the first chapter was on page 14 when Anne(I hope it was her) mentioned her skin was radiant and glowed in the warmth of the day, while here most striking facial features were her long, straight nose and cupid-like, rosy-red lips. Later on a few sentences later she also mentions how her bodice(I'm calling this a body dress with layers) gripped her curves, forcing her breasts to rise and fall visibly above the neck-line. Then I found myself laughing uncontrollably because she also mentions as she was waking up she noticed the lady who I later learned to be Anne's sister Mary was out of breath from all the exertion of running to let her know the King was here. She said she nearly laughed out loud when that happened.  Okay for some of you who do not get the humor, picture this. You wake up from fainting or passing out and wake up to someone breathing over you. May be just me but I pictured what she meant. For those of you who are confused, Anne passed out or was it someone else? And this is only the from reading 2 chapters.  To Be Continued....

3 comments:

  1. Haha, Kion. Juicy. Yes, Henry was quite a nymphomaniac and a cheater, it seems. He got away with it because he was a wealthy, aristocratic, male.

    Your honesty is so refreshing. Yes, the clothing would be enough alone to make her sister run out of breath...imagine all that plus running through a no doubt rough pathway in a garden. Plus, she was probably overly excited to tell her sister of his arrival.

    It was "modern day" Anne that passed out. She did this to transport her into the Tudor time period to experience Anne Boleyn's life and to connect them with all their similarities (such as dating married men)!

    I enjoy the author's vivid details as well.

    Great posts so far, Kion.

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  2. I know you would condon the Kings behavior or even be his "wing man"!!!! I do agree the descriptions that is given about the castles and the ivy and gardens...I LOVE IT!!!!!

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