If you were to make up a story as astonishing as Anne Boleyn’s, chances are it’d be spurned on the grounds of implausability. But, as often happens, fact is greater than fiction. As renowned author and historian Alison Weir explains in our cover feature this issue, the tale of Anne Boleyn is “an irresistable blend of romance, intrigue, horror and mystery.” Alison unravels the life of probably the most intriguing English woman who ever lived from page 24.
And we have more amazing women from these isles elsewhere, as we take a look back at how women helped to win World War I, which in turn led to changes in women’s rights back home in Blighty (p66 ).