The Last Boleyn (54 page)

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Copyright 1983 by Karen S. Harper

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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Three Rivers Press and the Tugboat design are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.

Originally published in slightly different form as
Passion's Reign
in the United States by Kensington Publishing Corp., in New York, in 1983.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Harper, Karen (Karen S.)

The last Boleyn / Karen Harper.

1. Boleyn, Mary, 1508–1543—Fiction. 2. Henry VIII, King of England, 1491–1547—Fiction. 3. Great Britain—History—Henry VIII, 1509–1547—Fiction. 4. Ladies-in-waiting—Fiction. 5. British—France—Fiction. 6. Mistresses—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3558.A624792L37 2006

813'.54—dc22 2005008996

eISBN: 978-0-307-34538-7

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