Eternal Flame
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She risked everything to become queen.
Though born without great beauty, wealth, or title, Anne Boleyn blossomed into a captivating woman. She used her wiles to win the heart of England's most powerful man, King Henry VIII, and to persuade him to defy everyone-including his own wife-to make her his new queen. But Anne's ambition proved to be her fatal flaw.
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