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Anne Boleyn: Life and Afterlives

Not Just the Tudors

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The Other Belin Girl

Stephane: It's interesting how an's blend, or her variety of attractiveness, really becomes a trope in historical fiction and philm i think as well. Because she isn't this blonde, perfect princess with very light skin and peaches and cream complexion, this kind of english rose. That exoticness about her looks makes her almost a racial other in a way. She doesn't seem to look like a good English girl. There's something off about her that is reflected in her appearance.

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