Anne Boleyn at Hever Castle
4/23/202654 min
What was Anne Boleyn like before she became the most controversial queen in English history? Can the rooms and gardens at her childhood home reveal more about the world that shaped her?
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Dr. Owen Emmerson to find out more about the magical place where Anne Boleyn grew up, how Hever shaped her early life, education, language skills, and future role at the courts of Europe and England.
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Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.
All music courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.
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Want to walk the halls of Anne Boleyn's childhood home or explore the castles that made up Henry VIII's English stronghold? With a subscription to History Hit, you can dive into our Tudor past alongside the world's leading historians and archeologists. You'll also unlock hundreds of hours of original documentaries with a brand new release every single week, covering everything from the ancient world to World War II. Just visit historyhit.com/subscribe. [guitar music playing] Hello, I'm Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, and welcome to Not Just the Tudors from History Hit, the podcast in which we explore everything from Anne Boleyn to the Aztecs, from Holbein to the Huguenots, from Shakespeare to samurais. Relieved by regular doses of murder, espionage, and witchcraft. [woman laughing] Not, in other words, just the Tudors, but most definitely also the Tudors. [birds chirping] Today, for fans of Anne Boleyn, a visit to Hever Castle is a must. It's almost a shrine. It doesn't hurt that as castles go, Hever proves that small can be beautiful. There's something ineffable about watching the mist rise over its topiary garden on a winter's morning, or seeing the doves that perch in the golden