The Story of the Death of Anne BoleynThe Story of the Death of Anne Boleyn is a critical edition and translation of a long narrative poem written by the secretary to the French ambassador in London within two weeks of Anne Boleyns execution. It was intended as a diplomatic dispatch, relating the astonishing news of the queens demise (along with that of five alleged lovers). Uniquely among diplomatic correspondence, this dispatch was written in verse form. It thus straddles the domains of