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"The British Library Archives protects a fragile, burned fragment of an impassioned letter. The document concludes, ""From my doleful Prison the Tower, this 6th of May. Your most Loyal and ever Faithful Wife, Anne Boleyn."" The year was 1536. This letter, possibly the final words from Queen Anne Boleyn to her husband, King Henry VIII, has mystified historians for centuries. Was it composed by Anne? How did it reach the British Library? Did the King ever see it? In the definitive study on the 'Tower Letter', Sandra Vasoli begins to untangle the letter's convoluted past, presenting a provenance spanning almost 500 years. Vasoli also reveals a little-known, startling deathbed admission by Henry VIII. The cryptic clue gives us a glimpse into Henry's anguish over his second wife. This research may well alter the accepted view of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII's doomed marriage..."

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Sandra Vasoli grew up in an historic area just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. She developed a deep and abiding fascination for all things archival: documents and language, but also events, fashion, mannerisms, houses. Earning a Bachelor's degree from Villanova University majoring in both Biology and English, followed by graduate studies, she initially did scientific research, and then embarked on a long career in human resources for the R&D division of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. Her observations of people and their behaviors inform the development of characters in her writing.A favorite historical period, Tudor England, prompted Vasoli to pursue her keen fascination for the breathtaking life of Henry VIII's second queen, Anne Boleyn. She recreated a love story for the ages in her most recent novel, Truth Endures: Anne Boleyn's Memoirs. The dramatic highs and lows which marked the relationship between Anne and Henry-as narrated by Anne-draws the reader into the lives of a couple matched in brilliance but ultimately tortured by their liaison.Vasoli visits the sites frequented by her stories' heroes. Viewing letters and documents they touched and wrote, seeing the locations in which they lived and worked, she delights in sharing that thrill with her readers. Highlights include the opportunities to hold the beautiful Book of Hours in which Anne and Henry wrote messages of love to one another, and the rare privilege of visiting the Papal Archives in the Vatican Library twice, to study the original love letters Henry penned to Anne over 480 years ago. That extraordinary experience forms the subject of her next, ongoing, project.Her books also include an epic historical mystery: Pursuing a Masterpiece, and the definitive study of an enigmatic letter purportedly authored by Anne Boleyn as she awaited execution: Anne Boleyn's Letter from the Tower. All three books are published by CrownedFalcon Press.Vasoli lives in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania.

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