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The Trials of Five Queens, including Anne Boleyn

R. Storry Deans · 1910

A 1910 study by R. Storry Deans of the trials of five queens, with a substantial section on Anne Boleyn. The cover image shows only a plain olive-green book cover.

The cover of a later study that includes a chapter on Anne Boleyn's trial, showing how her case was examined in the 20th century.

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Plain dark olive-green cloth book cover with faint texture and a lighter smudge near the left edge. No title or text is visible on the cover.
R. Storry Deans, The Trials of Five Queens, including Anne Boleyn, 1910. Cover image.

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What it is

This entry shows the cover of R. Storry Deans's book The Trials of Five Queens, first published in 1910. The image is a plain dark olive-green cloth cover with faint texture and a lighter smudge near the left edge. No title or text is visible on the cover. The book's subjects include Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn.

Why it matters

The book examines trials of queens across several centuries, including the trial of Anne Boleyn in 1536. Because the cover shows no text, the image does not tell us about the book's contents; the full text is described in the entry for the book itself. Deans's study shows how a writer of the early 20th century looked back at these cases.

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  • Why might a publisher choose a plain cover for a historical study?
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