It's over already?

I've really enjoyed this class and it was a great one to be my first in college. Ms. Hanson is a great teacher and I learned so much in a short period. At the beginning of the semester I was skeptical about the blogging but I've learned to somewhat like it. It was very helpful when our quizzes came around. There was one day when we had to write something during class and I didn't like that because it takes me a long time to write something worth reading. I liked how we got out of class early most of the time and how Ms. Hanson uploaded what we went over onto d2l. Thank you Ms Hanson for being a great teacher :)

Part 3- the end

I love this book. I've learned so much reading it and I'm definitely going to get volume 2.
Chapter one begins with Anne waking up in her modern world. Disoriented and confused, she tries to call out to her mother and gather her thoughts. Someone i forms her that she passed out and they're waiting for an ambulance to take her to a near hospital. When they arrive at the hospital the doctor tells her that she had a ruptured aneurism but that they repaired it with no complications. After a few days in the hospital her doctor gives her the news that although she survived the first aneurism, there would be another in her future that she wouldn't be so lucky with because it is deep in her brain tissue. Anne soon became depressed, not because she was going to die but because she wasn't in her Tudor life with Anne, Henry, and her friends.
Chapter two Anne gets released from the hospital. Her friend Kate, who she met at her work, came to pick her up to take her home. They talked about Daniel and if he had come to visit Anne while she was there. Anne says "i vaguely remember him here and I think there were tears in his eyes. He was telling me he loved me, over and over; that I was the best thing that has happened to him since the birth of his daughter" (304). She thinks about the love that Henry showed Anne and how she would have endured a thousand cuts for a love that was unsubstantial. Once she was home, Anne took the opportunity it fill the gaps in her knowledge of the Tudor era and the people she had met. She got lost in her books for three hours and was only brought back to her life when Daniel arrived at her house. Some of the parts about Daniel confused me because I couldn't tell what was present and what was from the past. Anyway, at one point he says, "You know someday soon you just might find me standing on your doorstep!" That just pissed me off because all that he's doing is leading her to believe that they might actually be together for real when in reality he's a coward and knows that he would never do it. Anne presents the idea of her going back to Hever and lies that it's for closure to the traumatic experience.
Chapter three Anne and Daniel went on a picnic by the ancient Ankerwycke Yew tree. Anne cries because of the loss of her old friends and Daniel thinks its because of her illness. She then tells him of her adventure to the past.
Chapter four Anne visits Hever castle. During her tour she sees Anne Boleyn's Book of Hours and knows that she truly did go back in time because the words 'Le Temps Vijendra, Je Anne Boleyn' were written on the page it was open to (332). She then makes her way to St Peter's church where she finds Thomas Boleyn's tombstone.
Chapter five- Nothing changed between Anne and Daniel. Anne started going to work again and attempting to ignore the Tudor times and her experience with it. Daniels daughter got sick with meningitis and he started to drift away from Anne. In April Anne made plans to go to an exhibition of King Henry VII. She spent the time reminiscing of her time in the Tudor era when she experienced it herself. Daniel ruins it by texting her saying, "Rose and I had a major argument. Don't think I can stand it anymore. Do you still want me?" Arghhhhhhh just drop the guy he obviously doesn't love you  as much as he should. The book ends with one last text saying, "I've done it. I've left Rose. I need to see you. Where are you? Love you, Daniel."

19-22

    Chapter 19 begins with Anne and her group of friends having an archery tournament because the weather was wonderful. They were laughing and having fun when Nan approached them. She was upset because Cardinal Wolsey's men had stolen Anne's book. Anne knew this was going to happen so she wasn't surprised. She went straight to find the King and convince him to retrieve the book and even read it himself.
    Anne and king Henry had supper in her new apartment located in the Tiltyard Towers (she got moved there because there was an outbreak of measles). The towers were normally used for guests to watch jousts in comfort. They were waiting for Dr Foxe to return from visiting the Pope. When he arrived he told them that he got a decretal commission from the Pope and that they accepted the Kings request. Anne begins to really believe that fate has changed and that they would be married sooner than history tells. The chapter ends on an odd note by saying "little did they know it at the time, but the specter of death was fast approaching, casting its long shadow across the English people; it would devastate great swathes of the population with neither mercy, nor discrimination. This idyllic time was about to be wrenched away from me  in the most abrupt abs cruel way possible." (277). What???
     In chapter 21 Anne gets sick and the King was worried so he sent his own physician, Dr Butts, to take care of her. He prescribed the use of leeches to help her. That part made me grimace. When she got to feeling better the weather had cleared up too so she went riding with George, Margery, and Mary. When they came back they saw Elizabeth Boleyn who informed them that the sweating sickness had returned and that Bess caught it. Elizabeth told Mary and Margery to go to their homes and avoid the city. Anne freaked out and tried to go find Henry but she was informed that he had left without her. Henry took Katherine with him when he fled. Betrayed and abandoned, Anne questioned the Kings love for her. She called Henry names and even compared him to Daniel and Lord Percy.
    Chapter 22 begins with Anne having a nightmare and waking up to her mother crying in the next room. Her father is there and he tells her that George caught the sweating sickness. Modern Anne knows from history that she, George, and her father would all become ill but none of them would die. A few days later they buried Bess and left for Hever. Anne ignored the King and his letters asking about her health until she finally replied with a message accusing him of abandoning her and questioning his love. I found it funny that he completely ignored what she said in her letter and he mostly said that he's happy she's healthy and he misses her. "I realized that was filled with a sense of relief that the King and I remained perfect lovers." (291) No you haven't, all he did was completely disregard how you felt and what he did. Anyway, Anne caught the sweating sickness and passed out. I feel bad for Elizabeth Boleyn because her husband and two of her children catch the deadly disease and she doesn't have the knowledge that they will survive it.

16-18

Chapter 16 begins with Anne arranging a dinner for her and Master Heneage. Her plan was to gain Wolsey's support with Sir Thomas Cheney's wardship by entertaining the Cardinal's men. The King, as always, agreed with Anne and he sent the food and entertainment for the event. Master Heneage promised to pass her concerns on to the Cardinal.

Three weeks later, Wolsey accepted Anne's request and supported the wardship. Anne said, "Methinks His Grace keeps his friends close and his enemies closer" after receiving numerous gifts and letters from the Cardinal (page 239). The King invited Anne to go with him on a picnic at Windsor Manor. They saw the ancient Ankerwycke Yew tree, which at the time was believed to be almost 2000 years old. I learned that Henry had an ulcer in his left thigh that couldn't be healed. It makes sense for that to be a part of why he became so blind with anger and pain later in his life. I also learned that Anne is afraid of monkeys because the King's fool normally performed with one. When the party arrived at the picnic there was a feast and entertainment waiting for them. Anne, Mary, and Nan danced for the King and his friends.
Chapter 18 begins with Anne pacing her room and ranting about how she hates that Henry is attending the May Day celebration with Katherine. Nan walks in and finds the open copy of "Obedience of a Christian Man". Anne began to say that it was nothing but she quickly realized the significance of that moment. She insisted that Nan borrow the book, knowing that it would be stolen by Cardinal's men. 

Poem

We started as friends
the best of the kind
but soon came emotions,
that filled in our eyes
Our love came softly,
but rushed in like the wind
I stumbled but you
caught me
and got under my skin
from my skin you creeped
into my heart
where you will stay
never to part

Chapters 13-15

So Anne and her mother are at Hever and Elizabeth keeps busying herself with making Christmas plans, which confuses and annoys Anne because she doesn't think anyone would visit them in that weather. Anne is proven wrong when Margaret (Margery) Wyatt unexpectedly shows up on Christmas Eve. Modern Anne remembers that Margery was married at fifteen (dang) to John Rogers and they had six children, except the second born died tragically. They talked about the usual gossip. Apparently Anne didn't care about the secrecy of her and Henry's plans anymore. Margery warned Anne of the things that could happen in court and she committed herself to Anne as her true and loyal friend.
In the beginning of February Stephen Gardiner and Edward Foxe visited Anne to deliver a letter from the King on their way to Port of Dover. All of the letters they write to each other are confusing to me but luckily Anne sums it up when she asks Master Stevens. She says that in the letter they are 'charged with the task of bringing to bear a solution to the question of His Grace's annulment' and asks if they are going to meet with the Pope. Modern Anne knows that they won't be successful. I feel like she should tell them to not waste their time but I know that they would probably ask questions for why she thinks it wouldn't work. She should suggest that they do whatever it was that worked in bringing the annulment. I suppose that would mess up history..and also speed things up. She most likely wants to savor her time as Anne Boleyn and experience things exactly how they happened. Anne was sitting on her window seat reading Tyndale's English translation of the Bible, which was banned and anyone caught reading it could be executed as a traitor, when Edward Foxe approaches her. She isn't discreet about it at all because she gasps and slams the book closed. Luckily for her, he says, "Madame, you must not be afraid of me, for we share the same mind and know the truth of God's word.' (page 206). After that he retrieved 'The Obedience of a Christian Man, by William Tyndale' from his pocket and gave it to her. She thought about how the book would be stolen from her by Wolsey but she would demand it back and then encourage the King to read it himself. The book would ultimately assist the English reformation and the dissolution of the English monasteries.
Anne and her mother headed to Windsor Castle to meet the King and his court. When they arrived Anne was given her own apartments apart from the rest of her family. Nan and Mary got there to serve her and once the usher left they squealed and jumped around like typical girls. It took them forever to get her fully dressed so they had more than enough time to talk and catch up. Once they finally finished dressing her they headed to the party, which was filled with thirty or more people. The King presented Anne with yet another surprise, Margery. My guess is that she was to take Joan's place because she got pregnant.
A few days later Anne came face to face with Queen Katherine. Just like her encounter with Cardinal Wolsey, Anne was called a whore but she stood her ground and held her composure. Anne goes off basically saying that she's a virgin and intends to stay that way until she marries. She also says, "I have not taken anything away from you. The King realizes that his bed is now cold," Eyeing her up and down as if to make her point. "And he seeks to find a more fertile one elsewhere." Katherine visibly struggles to hold her anger. To put the cherry on top, Anne curtsies and walks away. The last sentence caught my attention when it said that Anne would never see Katherine again. I'm looking forward to what happens next.

Chapters 9-12

In the beginning of chapter 9 Anne returns to her apartments and found her father, the Duke of Suffolk (Charles Brandon), and the Duke of Norfolk waiting for her. They met to discuss Cardinal Wolsey. "..As you well know, it was he who was responsible for your father losing two important positions in the King's household some years ago. It is also common knowledge that it was Wolsey who intervened in your betrothal to Lord Henry Percy." (page 129). They speak about how Wolsey was born a butcher's son and he has risen above his station. They basically accuse Wolsey of stealing from the King and they want to get rid of him. Anne agrees with them but decides to wait to take action. In mid-August they set out to Richmond Palace. The dark, gloomy weather effected Anne's mood so much that when they at their resting place she declined the offer to dine with the King and went straight to bed. The second day of traveling they rode on Katherine's Royal barge. At one point Anne almost vomited at the sight of traitors heads mounted on poles as ravens ate their decaying flesh. The next morning at the Palace if Richmond, Anne encountered Cardinal Wolsey on her way to the King's Privy Chambers. Their conversation was interesting to say the least. Their cold, sarcastic comments made it obvious that they didn't like each other. After Wolsey implies that Anne is a whore and talks bad about her sister, she says, "let me give Your Grace a word of advice. You should perhaps be a little more circumspect--you know not to whom you speak." I love how he flushes with anger and his jowls start shaking while she stands there with cool composure. Cardinal Wolsey got to feel like an idiot when he went to report the letter from King Francis to Henry. King Henry told Cardinal that whatever he had to say he could say in front of Anne, proving that she was more than just some mistress.
In chapter 11 they traveled to the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich. During mass Henry and Katherine knelt together and after the service they walked through the Chapel. Anne got jealous and couldn't stop thinking about how she felt like she would always be "the other woman". She grabbed Nan and escaped to the gardens to gossip. They talked about Nan and Master George Zouche and Anne told about Henry's intentions towards Anne. Eventually, George Zouche showed up and Anne left them to be alone together. Anne's brother George found her annoyed and disturbed. Anne suggested that they escape and ride horses like they used to as children. Later that night the King invited Anne to his Chambers and presented her with a surprise (probably to make up for her being mad about Katherine). The surprise was that she no longer had to serve the Queen and she got to have three of her own ladies-in-waiting. Anne and her mother went back to Hever Castle for the winter so that the rumors in court would die down some.