As Season 2 ends, so does Anne’s life. Jonathan cried during this episode. Maybe you did, too. Maybe I’m just jaded, but I didn’t. I did cry over the music they used, though. I mean, come on! Women choristers?! Vaughan Williams?!? Good grief.
Listen to the episode above, and then you might be interested in The Renaissance English History Podcast episode on the Tudor Chronicles to learn more about who was writing about Anne’s execution:
Episode 82: Tudor Chroniclers
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-the-last-words-of-anne-boleyn-remain-a-mystery
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Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast, the original Tudor history podcast, started in 2009. She's been writing about history online for over 25 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in 1998. In 2019 she created Tudorcon, which is now a yearly event, in addition to writing books, and running TudorFair.com - a whimsical Tudor Merch shop. She has been passionate about Tudor England since she first read Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII 20 years ago, and subsequently moved to London after college to spend her time immersed in Tudor history.