The Favor of Kings

Mary Hastings Bradley (1882 - 1976)

"Never have bright romance and black scandal been more attached to the name of lovely woman," writes a quaint and susceptible chronicler, " than to that of fair Anne Boleyn." Certainly no girl ever flashed so meteor-like above the satellites of an English court, and no woman ever went to her doom under more awful accusations. Since fiction could not be half so amazing as the facts of Anne Boleyn's story, I have kept this novel of her fortunes true to those facts, and have gone, for their knowledge, not only to the histories written of this period, but in many cases to the sources of those histories. My endeavor has been to reveal the actual characters and the actual situations, and to use as much of the real incident and dialogue as possible." (Summary from the Foreword))

Genre(s): Historical Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Foreword Verity Kendall
00:03:51
Play 01 The Queen's Refusal Verity Kendall
00:15:12
Play 02 A Broken Betrothal Verity Kendall
00:25:31
Play 03 A Rose and Some Words Verity Kendall
00:29:41
Play 04 A Dance With A King Verity Kendall
00:21:34
Play 05 Hope Renewed Verity Kendall
00:23:00
Play 06 The Interview Lynne T
00:14:07
Play 07 Calumny Gnomesb
00:29:39
Play 08 The Insult Lynne T
00:14:47
Play 09 A Vision of a Crown Lynne T
00:23:39
Play 10 Second Thoughts Lynne T
00:19:47
Play 11 An Inopportune Event Lynne T
00:11:39
Play 12 A Royal Tête-À-Tête Lynne T
00:09:31
Play 13 The Cardinal's Enlightenment Kalynda
00:19:27
Play 14 The Pestilence Kalynda
00:13:29
Play 15 In Hever Castle Lynne T
00:36:51
Play 16 The Queen Speaks Lynne T
00:15:34
Play 17 A Tragic Farce Lynne T
00:14:58
Play 18 The Law's Delays Kikine
00:20:56
Play 19 A Farewell to Greatness Kikine
00:18:23
Play 20 Lady Anne Rochford BettyB
00:23:03
Play 21 Hope Deferred Lynne T
00:15:32
Play 22 The Marchioness of Pembroke Lynne T
00:20:38
Play 23 The Last Card Bill Boerst
00:14:19
Play 24 Happiest of Women Bill Boerst
00:19:22
Play 25 The Child Bill Boerst
00:17:27
Play 26 A Rival Flouted Bill Boerst
00:25:52
Play 27 The Writing on the Wall Bill Boerst
00:25:45
Play 28 Rumors Bill Boerst
00:29:36
Play 29 A Blow in the Dark Bill Boerst
00:23:37
Play 30 The Tower Bill Boerst
00:19:06
Play 31 A Letter and Two Songs BettyB
00:12:09
Play 32 The Trial Bill Boerst
00:25:59
Play 33 The Numbered Hours Bill Boerst
00:39:55
Play 34 The End BettyB
00:09:02