Dear Heart, How Like You This
Copyright © 2004 by Wendy J. Dunn
First published 2002.
This ebook edition revised and published 2011.
This novel is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
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Book One
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“I could gladly yield to be tied forever with the knot of her love.”
Prologue
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“How strongly my love’s fire did blaze.”
Chapter 1
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“Therewith all sweetly did me kiss.”
Chapter 2
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“I have seen them gentle, tame and meek.”
Chapter 3
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“And I have leave to go of her goodness.”
Book Two
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1520–1528 — The joy so short, alas, the pain so near.
Chapter 1
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“But since that I so kindly am served”
Chapter 2
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They flee from me that sometime did me seek”
Chapter 3
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“That sometimes they put themselves in danger”
Chapter 4
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“That now are wild and do not remember”
Book Three
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Sad was the Holy Father / Filled with anguished and pain
Chapter 1
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“I would fain to know to what she has deserved
”
Chapter 2
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“I was unhappy, and that I prove, To love above my poor degree”
Chapter 3
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“And she me caught in her arms long and small”
Book Four
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July 1528–1532 — “The chances most unhappy / That me betide in May!”
Chapter 1
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“…when her loose gown from shoulders did fall”
Chapter 2
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She wept and wrung her hands withal. The tears fell in my neck.”
Chapter 3
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Patience, though I have not”
Book Five
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1532–1533 — Some tyme I fled the fyre that me
bren
t
Chapter 1
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“And she also to use newfangleness.”
Chapter 2
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“How like you this?”
Chapter 3
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But all is turned … into a strange fashion of forsaking.”
Chapter 4
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“Busily seeking continual change.”
Chapter 5
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“Thanked be fortune, it hath be otherwise.”
Chapter 6 – “
It was no dream, I lay broad waking.”
Book Six
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Your grace’s displeasure, and my imprisonment…
Chapter 1
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Commend me to his Majesty.”
Chapter 2
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“Oh death, rock me asleep.
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Epilogue
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What death is worse than this?”
Suggested reading group questions
“This book is absolutely enchanting.” —Sandra Worth, author of
The Rose of York
series
“A tender story that dares to ask the question: What does it mean to love?” —Christopher Gortner, author of
The Secret Lion
and
The Last Queen
“An evocative recreation of one of history’s most famous love affairs.” —
Marilee Mongello, webmaster of
www.Englishhistory.net
“The knife-edge between power and helplessness catches the reader and draws the mind’s eye into the past… Wendy J. Dunn focuses on the personal and the individual and brings a fresh approach to the very difficult tale that is Anne’s life.” —Dr. Gillian Polack, historian and author of
Illuminations
and
The Art of Effective Dreaming
“A tale of tragedy that cannot fail to strike at the heart of the soul.” —Elizabeth Batt, history columnist and reviewer
“I would recommend
Dear Heart
to anyone who enjoys a love story or who has even a passing interest in English history. It is a beautifully written novel of love and betrayal. In fact, I’m off to read it again, just as soon as I dry my eyes.” —Debra Stang, author of
Visiting Grandma
“Seriously one of the best novels ever written about Anne Boleyn’s life.” —Jennifer Lodine-Chaffey
“
Dear Heart, How Like You This?
superbly blends fact with fiction.” —Cindy Vallar, author of
The Scottish Thistle
“
Dear Heart, How Like You This?
is a great book.” —Glenice Whitting, author of
Pickle to Pie
“A soft elegy about a murderous king, a lost poet and an unforgettable woman who, surprisingly in the end, loved them both.” —Lyndal White, reader
“A vivid book, beautifully researched—it just flows from scene to scene, and is the perfect antidote to Philippa Gregory’s
The Other Boleyn Girl.
Thank you so much for writing such a wonderful, enchanting novel… It is going to be a favourite of mine.” —
Lynne Lewis, writer