Queen's Musician

<b>For fans of Philippa Gregory Alison Weir and Elizabeth Fremantle an untold story about how the plot against Anne Boleyn entrapped a gifted young musician.</b> <p/>A glamorous queen a volatile king a gifted musician concealing a forbidden romance. Everyone knows Anne Boleyn's story. No one knows Mark Smeaton's. <p/>On May 17 1536 a young court musician was executed accused of adultery and treason with the queen. Most historians believe both he and Anne Boleyn were innocent--victims of Henry VIII's rage. <p/>Mark Smeaton was a talented performer who rose from poverty to become a royal favorite. He played for the king in private and entertained at sumptuous feasts. He witnessed Anne Boleyn's astonishing rise and fall--her reign of a thousand days. History tells us little about him other than noting his confession and execution. <i>The Queen's Musician </i>imagines his story as seen from his perspective and that of the young woman who loves him. It all takes place amid the spectacle and danger of the Tudor court.