Genealogical tables -- Dramatis personae -- Prologue -- Henry: Childhood and adolescence -- Henry: apprentice king -- Anne: childhood and adolescence -- Anne: apprentice courtier -- Focus on France -- The queen's demoiselle -- Looking to the future -- First encounters -- Anne in love -- An anxious year -- Henry in love -- The 'secret matter' -- Anne makes her mark -- The sweat -- Wolsey's nemesis -- The Durham House group -- A breakthrough at last? -- The falcon ascendant -- The marriage -- Anne's triumph -- The ambassadors -- Anne the Queen -- Dangerous times -- Family matters -- Piety and pastime -- Court conspiracy -- Into the abyss -- The trials begin -- The falcon at bay -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Anne boleyn's date of birth -- Appendix 2: Sources for Anne's movements in France -- Appendix 3: Sources for the trials of Anne and George Boleyn -- Appendix 4: The identity of the woman giving evidence against George Boleyn -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Dates, spellings, units of currency -- Sources and bibliography -- Printed primary sources -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration credits -- Index.