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The steamy love letters Henry VIII sent to Anne Boleyn

Before their marriage in 1533, Henry VIII’s controversial romance with Anne Boleyn was fueled by intimate love letters.

Only the correspondence from Henry VIII’s perspective exists today and his language reveals a fervorous temperament that influenced his six marriages and 36-year reign.

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