Hello all!  I have been a lurker on this site for a long while and figured why not join up, so here I am.  I am from the United States and the only thing I knew about Anne Boleyn growing up was that she was a Queen that got her head cut off by some King named Henry VIII who had multiple wives.  Embarassing, I know!  Growing up in a family with a large military background my history consisted of the American Revolution, US Civil War, WWII, etc.  To this day I have a large love for military history and that is what I am pursuing my degree in.  However, I love history in general and there are certain topics that I can read and read and read about.  Those are the Holocaust, WWII, Titanic, and now Anne Boleyn and the Tudor period.  Sadly, besides internet research I haven't been able to read books on her yet but can't wait to get my hands on some.  You see, once I get into a book I won't put it down which isn't good for someone who has other books to read in order to finish a degree. 

How I got interested in Anne Boleyn was through the movie “The Other Boleyn Girl”.  At the time I took that movie as truth, having known nothing else.  Even though that movie, as I soon found out, was riddled with falsehoods, it got me interested in an amazing woman and Queen, Anne.  For that I am forever greatful!  Now I just continue to research her and learn as much as I can about her and her life around her.  When I recently heard about Showtime's The Tudors I figured I would give it a whirl.  I was hooked from the first episode.  I saw the inacuracies of course, as most did, but I also after research found out things to be true I didn't know.  Most importantly, it got my friends talking about Anne which excited me because I could finally discuss her with people without them yelling at me for giving them a history lesson!    I have watched some things on Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and although a lot had some great acting and true emotion shown; The Tudors, in my opinion, gave the truest representation of the characters' attitudes that I had come to know through research.

Well anyways, that's just a little bit about me … HI and hope to talk to you all soon!