Anne Boleyn: Fatal Attractions Book

I was really interested to read Bernard's new bio on Anne because he is a well respected historian and for him to say that he had a thesis to suggest that Anne and the men who were executed along with her were actually guilty, must mean he had some evidence to back it up. But no. In his own words : "It remains my own hunch that Anne had indeed committed adultery with Norris, probably with Smeaton, possibly with Weston, and was then the victim of the most appalling bad luck when the countess of Worcester, one of her trusted ladies, contrived in a moment of irritation with her brother to trigger the devastating chain of events that led inexorably to Anne's downfall." A hunch? Yes folks, that's what he said. Why does he have this hunch? It seems to be mainly based on a french poem which Ives says was basically the official French line based on Cromwell's information sent to the French Ambassadors. Despite the fact that Chapuys, the Imperial Ambassador who hated Anne with a passion didn't believe she was guilty. My over riding impression is that Bernard's own admiration for Henry himself has blinkered him in his view of Anne. Its a short read ...so go ahead and read it, but if you are looking for real evidence, you won't find it. In my opinion it's an unsubstantiated hunch.